Search results

I am building an Ecee Thunder and the wings and bottom of the fuselage is made from 1/4'' balsa. The end of the wing has a tab that fits into a notch on the rudder. Based on the size of the laser cut tab, the rudders should cut from 1/8" stock but are cut from 1/4" sheet balsa. The canard is...

Last Christmas, my wife got me an Ecee Thunder Glider. I went to finally start building it tonight and I can't seem to find where I put the instructions. It's only a couple of photocopied pages and I was wondering if anyone had them that they could scan and email to me. Thanks,

I just received the June issue of Model Aviation and there is a "State of the Sport" article by John Boren in the magazine and even a mention on the cover. It was a well written piece and covered the gamut from 1/2A to HPR. For those of you who don't know, Model Aviation is the official...

A few years back I built a Maxus 1b card model and did a build thread on the old TRF. For those of you that might not have been on the forums at that time (2005), I am providing a link to that thread here: https://www.rocketryforumarchive.com/showthread.php?t=17928 The link to the model in...

I guess I'll be the first to post a new cardstock rocket in this forum. It's the Spacemaster, which was Centuri's version of the Estes Satellite Interceptor. The only real difference was the paint scheme and nose cone, with the Spacemaster having a canopy while the Satellite Interceptor did...

OK, who is going to the CMASS launch in Acton on August 1st and what are you bringing? The weather looks like it's going to be a great day for a launch. I have 3 new models that I finished this week. Semroc Taurus - It's been waiting for paint over a year. Semroc Defender - It's...

I finished up a couple this week. A Semroc Defender Space Probe and a Semroc Magnum Hornet. I plan on bringing them to the August 1st CMASS launch.

A while back I borrowed some photocopies of the Salamander-5 rocket glider that was kitted by Nova. The original plan was a big blueprint and these copies were "tiles" that you could use to put together to duplicated the print. The copies were dark and out of register but I scanned them and...

I was in Home Depot yesterday and I happen to notice that they had Rustolueum LACQUER spray paint. It was labeled as Rustoleum Specialty Paint. I read the label and it's quick drying and RECOAT ANYTIME. So I wonder how close it is to the "Old Formula" Krylon. Anybody try any of this...

Recently, I have had some free time and am finally getting around to building some of the 13mm cardstock downscales that I drew over the winter. I just finished up a Solar Sailer II and then realized that I made a big mistake when building this. :mad: I am building a replacement. Can...

At the last CMASS launch, I bought 3 packs of 1/2A3-0T boosters from another club member. :) I needed something to fly them in and while I have a Semroc Firefly, a Astron Midget clone and an Astron Beta clone, I wanted something new so I downscaled the Omega to 13mm. It's kind of small...

A few days ago Cobra1336 posted his Thor downscale in this thread. It was mentioned that this would be a nice candidate for a cardstock model. After getting the dimensions of the downscale and the dimensions of the 4" Thor I thought that I would give it a try. I didn't have a decal scan so...

I haven't had much available model time lately and suddenly I had a couple of nights free. Tonight, I finished up another cardstock model that I have had printed out for months waiting for time to build it. It's a 13mm downscale of the Satellite Interceptor.

I've been a bit of a slacker lately and haven't been building any models. I finally got a chance to build a cardstock model that I have had printed out for months. A 13mm downscale of the Estes Nike-X. I had designed it to use a "Quark" nose cone but between the time I drew it and now...

Does anyone know where the CG is supposed to be on the Starship Vega? I'm using these plans from Jim Z's web site: https://www.dars.org/jimz/est1320.htm I'm building a 55% downscale for 13mm motors and the plans show that clay was supplied for nose weight but I'm not sure how much I...

It seems that there is a Goony craze going on right now. Since I had a bunch of Mosquito cones I thought I would make some MMX Goonies. I saw the sketches of the original Goony concepts so I built a Baka goony. Its all cardstock except the Mosquito cone. With the colors I used, I...

I was invited to give a talk on making paper (cardstock) rockets. I gave my presentation at NEMROC last week for the third year in a row and then realized that I hadn't made a single new paper rocket since last year's NEMROC. Needless to say, I had to make a new one. I went through my...

I finished up a Semroc Firefly today so I can fly it at the CMASS launch on Saturday. The original model was designed to use the "shorty" motors but there were adapter casings supplied in the kit to allow it to be flown on 13 mm motors. I have 5 old 1/2A6-0S motors registered for the OOP...

We finally got approval for this launch, so who is going and what are you bringing. I'm assuming that it will be mostly LPR so I will get a chance to use up some of those A8-3's left over from the Blast off packs. I finally finished my Sirius Rocketry U.S.S. Atlantis Refit model so I'm...

I started the Beta build of the Rokitflite Fake Wulf 290 last night. Information about the prototype can be found in this thread: https://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=34887 The instructions come on a CD and the text-only version is 17 pages but the illustrated...