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Goal of this project, is to create an authentic looking model of this rocket here, the MGR-2 Honest John tactical missile. MGR-1A Honest John (on left) MGR-1B Second of my custom rocket construction projects. This is the also the 2nd of my semi-scale rocket builds. The first (DD05 V2) was mostly a [...] The collection of flying rockets continues to expand. FLEET (l. to r.) 220Swift, Sprint, Fire Streak, Viking, DD05 (V2), Phoenix, DD06 (Taser mod.), Big Betty, DD07 (custom) DD05 This is a semi-custom design. Based on an Estes Baby Bertha rocket kit. Extended nose cone and scale V2 fins make this look similar to the [...] Effort chronicled of converting an Estes Baby Bertha rocket kit into a semi-scale representation of a V2 rocket. Semi-scale because I’m not ready to construct the boat-tail rocket body just yet. Estes Baby Bertha Original Kit Estes Baby Bertha is not really close to a V-2 rocket in look, beyond the stubby body and a [...] Weather was not the best this morning. Sunny but a fair bit of wind. So I ended up waiting until 16:00 to pack up 4 of the rockets and head out. We took: Taser Hi-Flier Viking 220Swift (v 2.0) Lucky for you readers, I forgot to take my camera so no video, no photos, just [...] Once I let the oldest launch her first rocket, she was hooked! We spent the rest of the morning burning up about $40 of engines in the rockets. I’d been trying to get her to at least join us to see if she would like to get into model rocketry. Being a ‘girl’ she insisted [...] |
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