Natter, Germany's disposable rocket interceptor

Here I go again with old guy foggy memory syndrome.... It seems to me I recall a construction article, probably in American Aircraft Modeler, of the Bachem Ba 349 (Natter) as amodel rocket. Anyone remember it and what mag published it?

Thx, Tom

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I remember the article, most likely AAM as they did more rockets than the other magazines of the era.
I believe the design had the wings loosely attached so they come off at launch before it clears the rod, for better stability.

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Frank posted that he had one of his rocket glider models for the Natter (probably 2D profile) way back in 2009. I could not get the threads on the links to work.

https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/rocket-glider-plans-posted.849/#post-9385

Here is a TRF thread on the Noris Natter.

https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/hello-i´m-new-and-this-is-my-natter.128590/#post-1496023

And another thread:

https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/1945-natter-way-cool.105406/#post-1200473

Unfortunately, a lot of the links no longer work.

Here is a long TRF thread on the Noris Natter. Looks like a lot of good stuff:

https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/noris-bachem-ba349-natter-build-thread-review.67427/

MClark said:

I remember the article, most likely AAM as they did more rockets than the other magazines of the era.
I believe the design had the wings loosely attached so they come off at launch before it clears the rod, for better stability.

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I vividly remember this article, it would have been around 1971 or thereabouts. Doesn't look like it was AAM though, there's a complete list of articles from that era at https://www.airplanesandrockets.com/magazines/vintage-american-aircraft-modeler-list.htm

My recollection, which could be wrong, was that the magazine was a British import.

Wonder if Kelly Johnson ever saw this post WW2. Interesting similarity to the F-104 (also “The missile with a man in it”)

Here are some pics of my profile rc rocket glider...

American Aircraft Modeler Magazine January 1971. Author was Bob Woods. Model used an A8-3 motor and had slip on stub wings that were removed before flight or blew off during launch. Parachute recovery.

N5RPQ said:

American Aircraft Modeler Magazine January 1971. Author was Bob Woods. Model used an A8-3 motor and had slip on stub wings that were removed before flight or blew off during launch. Parachute recovery.

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Great first post.
The issue is available on eBay.

A four motor A10P canted cluster would be awesome. Plug some C6 0 or E12 0's for larger scales and even more fun. Add in a traditional centerline motor for a five motor cluster to lift all that no good stinking nose weight.

Found my video