1:9 Scale Saturn 1B's to Fly Again

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The first attempts at launching two massive 800 pound, 1:9 Scale Saturn 1B’s, were filled with scores of Cool and Really Cool moments. The attempts were too cool leave the rockets relegated to being hanger queens. So Steve Eves and Vern Hoag are going to do it again. The second attempt will incorporate all the lessons learned during the first flights that left the ground on April 17, 2011 at the MDRA Field on Higgs Farm in Price, Maryland. With 500 days between launches, ROCKETS Magazine is sponsoring Vern and Steve’s trip to the Heartland of Rocketry and America; Argonia, Kansas for Scalefest at Airfest 18. The launch will held over the Labor Day weekend, 8-31-12 to 9-3-12.

These museum quality projects will stand twenty-four feet tall and will weigh in at over eight hundred pounds. This is your opportunity to be part of rocketry history, once again. ROCKETS Magazine is looking for your support and help in sponsoring the motors and the general effort to facilitate both flights. In order to fly these world-class projects, Steve and Vern need your help.

The motor-sponsorship opportunity for Vern Hoag’s single-stage Saturn 1B is as follows: Vern’s rocket will be launched on four 98-mm motors. All four motors will be the powerful, certified N-5800’s. All of the motors will be produced by Cesaroni Technologies, CTI. The N-5800 propellant retails for $1,150.00. Thanks to the generous discount offered by Anthony Cesaroni and Tim Lehr, you will receive the 20,367 Ns casing and the propellant for the N-5800 for $1,200.00. After the flight, you will keep the motor casing. Qualified Cesaroni representatives will assemble all of the CTI motors for Vern’s flight.

The motor-sponsorship opportunity for Steve Eves’s two-stage Saturn 1B is the following: Steve’s rocket will be launched on a central P-7000 and four N-3800 Loki Research motors. The rocket will stage to a single O-5000. The N-3800s are certified motors. The retail cost for the N-3800 propellant is $600.00 Thanks to a generous discount from Scott Kormeier; the sponsorship cost for the N-3800 propellant will be $400.00. You will need to supply your 98mm 12,500 Ns case for the propellant. Scott Kormeier will oversee the assembly of all the Loki Research motors. The Sponsorship for the O-Motor propellant is $1,200.00.

The sponsorship cost for the central 6-inch-diameter P-7000 motor propellant is $1,800.00. The 50,000 Ns 152 mm Loki Case will be required to fly this motor. As with the N motors, Scott Kormeier will oversee the assembly of the P motor.

All sponsorship opportunity is limited and will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. Go to www.rocketsmagazine.com/saturn-1b-projects-2012/Donate.shtml to show your support for these two world-class rocketeers and their projects. This is the second time ROCKETS Magazine is offering this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to say, “Been there, done that, launched the rocket again, and got the T-shirt.”

As with any project of this magnitude there is always a chance failure. All sponsors agree there is risk and they acknowledge the possibility of damage to the sponsorship casings and hardware.

On behalf of Steve Eves and Vern Hoag, ROCKETS Magazine thanks you for your consideration and support in the world class effort.
 
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This is great news..i sponsored one of Verns CTI 98mm motors last time and was proud to do so. i missed the actual launch so it coming to Airfest is a great chance to see it fly in person. Best of luck to Vern and Steve this time around..
 
Thanks for your support Shane...it's folks like you that help make these big dogs fly.......:shock:



This is great news..i sponsored one of Verns CTI 98mm motors last time and was proud to do so. i missed the actual launch so it coming to Airfest is a great chance to see it fly in person. Best of luck to Vern and Steve this time around..
 
Thanks for your support Shane...it's folks like you that help make these big dogs fly.......:shock:

An update on Steve Eve's Saturn 1B.....the sustainer will fly on a 50" long 115 mm O motor. The adrenalin is already starting to flow.....
 
The Wildman has sweetened the pot........30% off your next reload with the purchase of the N-5800......

The goal is to get Vern's Saturn 1B into the air and four N-5800's are required. Have you been thinking about purchasing one of these awesome motors? This might be the time to take that step and take advantage of a good deal. Do you have an N-5800 and want to donate? Send us an e-mail at [email protected]



An update on Steve Eve's Saturn 1B.....the sustainer will fly on a 50" long 115 mm O motor. The adrenalin is already starting to flow.....
 
Good luck to Steve on his second launch.I was lucky to spend 2 days with him and his Saturn 1B rocket at the Cleveland airshow 2 years ago when I helped out with The Skybusters club booth.Had the chance in helping him and the club pull the two stages apart so he could take it back home on it's trailer that is also the launch tower.Steve's a great guy and how cool is it to build something that has been a dream of his?Kudos to you Steve.:handshake:
 
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