EXCELSIOR announces two new GOONY designs!!

[astronboy]

EXCELSIOR ROCKETRY is proud to announce the release of two new Retro Bash GOONY designs:

The APOGOON

and the

IRON WOMBAT.

The APOGOON is a two stage, gap staged, rear vented design made from 2 Baby Bertha kits!!

As seen at NARAM 46, The Apogoon proves that you can build anything out of a Baby Bertha... or in this case, 2 Baby Berthas!! The APOGOON is a vented gap staged design that follows classic lines. In addition to two Baby Bertha kits, 3/32" balsa sheet, a NB-60 noseblock, and a section of clear plastic tubing is required. (available at your local hardware store in the guise of a flourescent tube cover).

At NARAM 46, a pair of Apogoons were launched one after the other on B6-0, B6-4 motors. Both boosters tumbled to land within 10 feet of the launch pad, and both sustainers landed within 100 feet of the launch pad, 10 feet from one another!!

This rear vented, gap staged design has had 100% success in upper stage ignition. The booster actually flutters down, as a booster should, and the upper stage is easily recoverable, even in a medium sized school launch field. Due to the added skills required for a staged design, we place this model at Skill Level 3.


Plans, patterns and decals: $6.00

Here is a pic:

 

[astronboy]

IRON WOMBAT

The 1980s just do not look the same from the 21st Century as they did in the 1970s. What was promised as a sleek sub-orbital interceptor, turned out to be yet another tubby 'design by commitee' failure. But the 1980's loss is our gain.

This model of the Iron Wombat requires just a bit more skill than the other GOONYs as it involves a paper cockpit, as well as cutting and peicing a balsa nosecone to get the proper Ram-Jet look. We rate it at Skill Level 3. As with other Retro Bash kits, the basis is a Baby Bertha. 3/32" balsa. This kit also requires a NCB60-DW balsa nosecone. Included are instructions, fin patterns and all the decals needed to build your own Iron Wombat.

Plans, patterns, and decals: $6.00

Here is a pic:

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[sandman]

I just had to post these pics that Astronboy took.

We wanted to do a drag race and it would have been a perfect match...but unfortunately the launcher at NARAM was not capable of a drag race launch.

Mines in the foreground and phred's is in back.

Basically they landed 3 or 4 feet further apart than they were launched.

 

[sandman]

This is how they landed!

Mine in front phred's in back!

Astronboy took the pics.

 

[sandman]

Now get this!

This is exactly how the boosters landed!

Boosters were untouched this is just how it was!

Cool huh?