Estes - (Astron) Ranger (K-6 or #1206) Gallery

[JAL3]

Well, it may not be a Bertha - close though!

It's built from Quest parts and has a two engine cluster.
The paint is based on the 1969 Estes catalog picture.
It has flown well with B6-4s and C6-5s.

Close enough!

I always liked that scheme and I have the decals for it around here someplace. I just need to get around to building a BB. I've never built one.

[Boosterdude]

I added a Bertha to my collection, Puffy Letters. Flew it today, perfect flight! Decals provided by Excelsior.

[chadrog]

I added a Bertha to my collection, Puffy Letters. Flew it today, perfect flight! Decals provided by Excelsior.

Great looking craft, awesome shot under power!

[GRIFFIN]

If you look closely, after a few minutes you'll see a rocket in that photo.

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Alternate caption: "Can you say 'Membership Drive'?".

A rocket....where.....ooooh there it is

[chadrog]

The "Pig Bertha" flew yesterday on an E9, I think he might have gotten a bit dizzzy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--HGveYV6XA

[Micromeister]

Down Scaling the Old Ranger cluster for micro maxx motors is fun. At BT-20 (.736") body diameter we can easily get a 4 motor cluster in the business end.

It's actually pretty amazing the amount of smoke and fire ya get from these little guys!

This model is also set up with LED's in the payload section for Night flying with a 3V lithium battery.

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[Rex R]

this is mine, I'm calling it 'Dee Nation'. I decided to use a 24mm mmt instead of the stock 18mm.

[qquake2k]

I feel left out. I haven't had a Big Bertha since the 70's! The closest I have right now is my scratch built "My Feminine Side", which is based on the Big Betty, but with a 24mm motor mount.

[Boosterdude]

this is mine, I'm calling it 'Dee Nation'. I decided to use a 24mm mmt instead of the stock 18mm.

They fly great on the 24mm motors, C11-5 and D12-5.

Sharp looking rocket.

[Rex R]

Thank you. it did let me 'recharge' while working on my L1 bird . my plan is to start with a d12 and work my way up to an F24...
rex

[cjl]

Thank you. it did let me 'recharge' while working on my L1 bird . my plan is to start with a d12 and work my way up to an F24...
rex

Try an E6.

It's my single favorite motor in a Bertha. It's like the Energizer bunny - it just keeps going, and going, and going, and going...

[nosecone]

I changed the appearance of my Big Bertha a little bit. I have so many I decided to make this one a little bit pointier.

**edit** Added pictures of my 2 classic painted B.B.'s and 1 current paint scheme. (and 1 naked B.B. stuck on a pole)

[qquake2k]

I changed the appearance of my Big Bertha a little bit. I have so many I decided to make this one a little bit pointier.

I like it! A three finned Big Bertha?

[chadrog]

I like it! A three finned Big Bertha?

Or is it a "Big Betty"? The Quest Big Betty has only three fins.

[nosecone]

Well, it came out of the package as a Big Bertha Kit but I have 4 BB's built already so I deleted a fin and swapped nose cones with another Estes cone. I also sanded off the sharp parts of the fins. I guess it is a hybrid, a Partial Bertha you might say

I also installed an ejection baffle and nylon chute. I plan on making this my go-to rocket for lots of launches.

[chadrog]

I plan on making this my go-to rocket for lots of launches.

It should serve you well, it's a workhorse!

[Stymye]

I like it! A three finned Big Bertha?

aka: Quest Big Betty



*edit-oops sorry that already been mentioned

[Captain Ron]

Here's my Big Bertha!

[JAL3]

Here's my Big Bertha!

Interesting. The scheme looks like a mix from the 60s and 90s.

[Captain Ron]

Interesting. The scheme looks like a mix from the 60s and 90s.

well the all black paint scheme didnt do anything for me and i wanted a retro look. Then as i was finishing up i wanted to show that it was a current build so i used the decals only on the black portion. So yeah , a bit from both periods.

[roy_lappalainen]

Here is mine to get things started.

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[Micromeister]

I bought a dozen Baby Bertha kits when they went on sale a year or so ago. Basicly for the Nosecones.

Believe it or not I don't have a Baby Bertha in my fleet LOL! but the Better 2/3rds has one she built at a Club build session (her second rocket in 20+ years).. Finished it in her own way with craft paints. Flys well and has a special mylar Balloon chute..can't recall the message.

[Boosterdude]

I built this one last year.

[MrGneissGuy]

Wow, after seeing the finish on that US Army one there, I'm almost embarassed to post a pic of mine.

This Baby Bertha was my first build (not counting the rockets made in shop class waaaayyyyyy back in junior high school) after helping my girls with their two E2X rockets.

I like to think my finishing has improved since then.

[jeffgeraci]

Made this for my daughter; it's an estes "Baby Bertha" painted like MUNO from yo gabba gabba.

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[Captain Ron]

Here is my "D Big Bertha" featuring a Estes E/D engine mount... I used some left over decals that I had laying around and this is what I came up with....

[bjphoenix]

I built this rocket for a junior high school science project, and launched a white rat in it. I have photos of the launch dated spring 1968. In those days the largest engines we had were B, both end burning and the high thrust core burners. I built a special launch pad for it and used a longer 1/4" diameter rod. I also set it up for dual parachute- one for the booster and one for the payload section, with a harness attached to the fins so the booster would land on its side rather than fin-down. I don't remember how many flights it has had, probably not very many. It was flown twice with the white rat and had good flights both times, with no apparent affects on the payload.

The launch photo is from 1968.

[Micromeister]

Very nice photos!
All mine from back then are mostly b&w Poloriod, hard to see now. but still bring back very fond memories

[Fishhead]

Love the vintage pics.

[ECayemberg]

I love the vintage photos as well! I recently built a Ranger clone alongside a Semroc Goliath, and gave the pair inverse paint schemes of each other. Here's the Ranger prior to flight on a trio of B4-4's in the early evening.



-Eric-