Rocket Family pictures

[Donnager]

How many build multiple versions of the same rocket?



Goblin family pictured above. From Left to right, Estes, Micromaxx, Loc, and Custom, Goblin.



Big daddy family. These guys work for the government and go by code name. BD-38, BD-29, and BD-54

Another pair


The Pterodactyls. Junior on the left, and Tiny on the right.

More to come.

 

[kuririn]

Don't get me started.

 

[BEC]

Don't get me started.

AMEN!

 

[kuririn]

Well, since you asked
Jayhawk family: Madcow, Madcow mini, Rocketarium, Starlight.





Nike Smoke family
Seattle Rocket Works clone, MX scratcher


Estes PS II


New Way


Quest and Centuri clones.


Phoenix family
Estes clone



THOY 4" clone and Semroc BT-60 clone/scratch


HoJo family
Madcow clone, Estes, Centuri clone, Estes mini


Patriot family
Madcow clone, Estes Pro Series clone, Estes, Madcow, two Estes mini clones.


Tartar family
Fliskits, Modelrockets.us


Too lazy to pose them so I just copied from my postings to the Gallery.
That's all folks (for now)?

 

[Donnager]

The patriot brothers.



PML and LOC patriot.

Unfortunately, LOC experienced a sudden deceleration after a long fall and separated a fin from his MMT. Superficial repairs were done, but it appears more surgery is needed. He's trying to decide if he'll take the surgery or early retirement.

PML hasn't flown yet.

 

[Donnager]

The Magnums:


Park , and 5.5 Magnum, left to right.

 

[messedupryan]

this thread is gold. followed.

 

[roytyson]

 

[messedupryan]

Don't get me started.

 

[Funkworks]

Here's my Black Brant II collection: Estes, Madcow and Cosmodrome. The color scheme is based on a current display at the base.

 

[user 13]

The Mars Lander Family.

The Orbital Transport Family

 

[PSLimo]

I have a swarm of Bee's.

They're cropped fin CW Lotus's.

 

[Initiator001]

Enerjet 1340 clones.

 

[Trident]

My scratch-built Super Orbital Transport, next to a 30+ year old Estes OT (wearing green decals).

 

[chrisudy]

Sizzlers

NASA Pegasus

 

[DigBaddy]

Rocket Family?

 

[Donnager]

The Madcow Fiberglass Pikes...



1.6/29mm Left. 4/75mm on the right

 

[Deeman69]

My Cherokee family. From left to right; Cherokee-18, Cherokee-D, Cherokee-24 (E), and Cherokee-29. All scratch built. The numbers represent the engine dia.

 

[Initiator001]

Centuri/Enerjet Aero-Dart clones (Semroc kit, others scratch-built including one upscale).

 

[Initiator001]

Enerjet Nike-Ram clones.

 

[Sooner Boomer]

The "Reel" family:



L to R 18mm scratcher (cardboard), 24mm scratcher (plywood/cardboard), 29mm wire spool, Big Mamma - no motor mount yet, wire spool.

 

[Rocketjunkie]

Ultimates. 13mm BT60, 24 mm 3", 29 mm 4", 38 mm 5.5" All still flyable.
Deuces 18 mm BT60, 24 mm BT70, 54 mm 5.5", 98 mm 9". 18 & 54 still flyable.
29 mm Ultimate on Estes F15s
38 mm Ultimate Max on 4 motors
Lots of Deuce videos on my channel TomB0667 both ground and onboard with the camera mounted to the buttplate between the motors. This is the 98 mm onboard video.

 

[kuririn]

Ultimates. 13mm BT60, 24 mm 3", 29 mm 4", 38 mm 5.5" All still flyable.
Deuces 18 mm BT60, 24 mm BT70, 54 mm 5.5", 98 mm 9". 18 & 54 still flyable.
29 mm Ultimate on Estes F15s

You gotta show us close ups on the business end of those Ultimates.
What is your method of ignition? Wire buss?

 

[Rocketjunkie]

You gotta show us close ups on the business end of those Ultimates.
What is your method of ignition? Wire buss?

I don't have any pictures of the business end. This pic is the motors for one flight 2 J500 green, 3 H178 Dark Matter, and 2 H73J Liftoff on the Js and fuses to the js from the other motors. Didn't go as planned. Keycam view of the flight.

 

[Sandy H.]

Ultimates. 13mm BT60, 24 mm 3", 29 mm 4", 38 mm 5.5" All still flyable.
Deuces 18 mm BT60, 24 mm BT70, 54 mm 5.5", 98 mm 9". 18 & 54 still flyable.
29 mm Ultimate on Estes F15s
38 mm Ultimate Max on 4 motors
Lots of Deuce videos on my channel TomB0667 both ground and onboard with the camera mounted to the buttplate between the motors. This is the 98 mm onboard video.

I won't say I've seen all these iterations, but I have definitely seen Rocketjunkie's upscale Deuces. I'm guessing I've seen the 5.5" version the most, as I'm pretty sure I'd remember the 98mm before I'd remember my birthday!

One of the coolest things I remember about the (most likely) 54mm Deuce flights was: 1) This is a somewhat non-conventional rocket with the canted motors, 2) These are big motors, 3) They always (when I saw at least) lit on schedule and the rocket flew dead perfect, 4) It always recovered perfectly.

I don't specifically remember the Ultimates, so they may have been at launches I was not at, but I hope to see Tom's Deuces at future launches. Often the hilight of my launch viewing for the day!

I had no idea he had a Youtube channel. Check out his earlier post and go watch the channel!!!! Great stuff (TomB0667 on Youtube).

Sandy.

 

[Rocketjunkie]

This is the 98 mm Deuce. Flew 5 times, destroying the booster section twice.

ground view of the same flight.

 

[Donnager]

The Nike Family.




Left to right, 4"Smoke, Estes Nike X (shown with booster stage, divas do that) and Mach 1 Nike 7 wearing Estes decals that don't really fit. But he doesn't care.

 

[messedupryan]

I wouldn't mind starting a bullpup family, anyone know of a good mid-power bullpup kit?

 

[kuririn]

PML has a series of Bullpups.
TLP used to have two variants but they are defunct now.
Here's an Estes Bullpup next to a TLP Bullpup (foreground).
Still nekkid and hasn't maidened yet.

 

[Antares JS]

I wouldn't mind starting a bullpup family, anyone know of a good mid-power bullpup kit?

Haven't built it for myself but I can vouch for PML in general. There's a 38mm and a 29mm-powered Bull Pup towards the bottom of this page. Note PML is apparently temporarily closed while they move to a new location.

https://m.publicmissiles.com/scale_kits.aspx