Hi everyone. It has been a long, long time since I've reported anything concerning this build and I must say at this time things are in the air. I have gotten involved in amateur rocketry with a recent acquisition of a 1/48th scale Apollo rocket. I have yet to start on this yet at over seven ft...
For close to a year my son Seth has been drumming for the band "Go Periscope". They have been doing local gigs up here in Seattle for quite awhile by now. Just recently they have acquired the privilege to be entered into a contest by "Rolling Stone" magazine for a chance to be on the cover of...
Soon I'll be posting pics of painting the lower fin fairings silver and showing how this is done with the included paint patterns. Nicely designed kit!
Yup, watched this many times. There's post footage of the launch pad site too. Quite a mess. Also post shots of the recovered rocket. These rockets make mine look like a kids toy.
http://www.airpixbycaz.co.uk/p5114-nl6344t.jpg
Went to RCAF as 9563 then to civil registry as N6344T, NL6344T, C-FB4U, N51YS. Has been marked as 11-44746.
Steve Evans was his name. It is billed as the worlds largest "model" rocket. By traditional rule and law, a flying model cannot have it's airframe in anyway be constructed of metal. This is generally what differentiates models from full scale RC drones and other full scale aircraft.
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