I had a 4" Brutus. Check out Binder Design or one of the other rocket builders out west. When one of the Binder boys left Rocket R&D they built kits that looked very much like some of R&D designs. Jr. and Gary Buck were not happy. Just a small part of rocketry history.
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I don't have the 5.5" Big Brutus, but do have the 4" Brutus EXT. The first high power launch I attended (Bong ~'94), Gary Buck was prepping his Big Brutus (the one you see in the old ads) for a cluster flight, IIRC 54mm J surrounded by (4) 29mm H's; prep took a long time and we left before it flew. Good looking rocket!
Indeed GP! I believe Scott Binder designed the Brutus for Rocket R&D. Scott went on to produce the Binder Design Excel, which was a 3 finned Brutus. Scott sold Binder Design, then came back with BSD rocketry; producing the Horizon which was essentially the Excel with squared off trapezoid fins. RIP Gary Buck. Wonder where Scott Binder is nowadays?
Brutus was without payload. EXT was with. Both 3.9"
Big Brutus is the 5.5" 111" tall upscale 4 29s for cluster fun....and a 54...
I got one . (just regretting I didn't run conduit for electronic airstarts)
Brutus was without payload. EXT was with. Both 3.9"
Big Brutus is the 5.5" 111" tall upscale 4 29s for cluster fun....and a 54...
I got one . (just regretting I didn't run conduit for electronic airstarts)
I designed the Brutus for Rocket R & D in the early 90's.... then went on to produce the Excel and Horizon as stated above. Rocket R & D had been purchased by the Buck's, and had only a few old kits in inventory, so we came up with the Brutus to use up some tubing.... Still one of my favorite rockets. And Gary was one of my favorite rocket people. I'm still kicking in the pacific northwest.... flying rockets - just got back from LDRS!