Help me ID my Rockets!

[danb]

I'm planning on flying this weekend for the first time in a few years. A couple years ago I built a few kits, but forgot their names! I'd like to look up the "suggested motors". Any help is appreciated!

 

[kuririn]

Pics 2 and 3 are the Semroc Defender.

 

[goose_in_co]

Pic 1 Blue and white looks like the Estes Solar Warrior.

Don't recognize the other one

 

[kuririn]

Pic 1 left looks similar to the Semroc VF-261 but larger.
And the wingtip pods are different. Maybe upscale?

 

[BEC]

Agree with Goose, the blue/white one is the Estes Solar Warrior. D12-5 is a good place to start.

The large silver one looks like something from Pemberton Technologies, but there isn't anything quite like that on their current site.

 

[krislhull]

Agree with Goose, the blue/white one is the Estes Solar Warrior. D12-5 is a good place to start.

The large silver one looks like something from Pemberton Technologies, but there isn't anything quite like that on their current site.

I agree with the Solar Warrior… the silver one looks like a PML Lil Lunar Express…

 

[kuririn]

the silver one looks like a PML Lil Lunar Express…

LLE shows as 3.9 in. diameter, 35 in. long.
Rocket in pic is too small for that.
I'm thinking possible scratch up or down scale.

 

[krislhull]

LLE shows as 3.9 in. diameter, 35 in. long.
Rocket in pic is too small for that.
I'm thinking possible scratch up or down scale.

I think your right… it does look like it could be a scratch downscale LLE.

 

[danb]

Thanks so far for the ID's. I very rarely scratch build. Chances are 99% that the silver one is a kit. Note the different fin sizes. That may make a difference.

 

[kuririn]

FWIW it looks similar to the Rocketship Luna from Destination Moon.

 

[SecondRow]

It looks a lot like 3FNC from PemTech. But the fins are attached further aft and the length is a little longer than the 3FNC. However, if the fins were glued a little more forward to match the kit, I think the length would be right, too.

http://www.pembertontechnologies.com/3fnc/

 

[neil_w]

Solar Warrior will fly safely (but not very high) on a C11-3. D12-5 is ideal. E20-7 will get it up there.

(I have done all three)

 

[samb]

The ID of the Solar Warrior and Defender is confirmed, right @danb ? Where were you shopping back when you were active? That silver one has aspects of the kits already mentioned but to me it looks like a bashed Estes Big Daddy. I know you ruled out a scratch build so the mystery continues.

 

[kuririn]

What size motor mount on the mystery rocket? And do you have the original chute in there? Sometimes you can get a clue to the manufacturer even if their logo is not on the chute. Some manufacturers use mylar exclusively. Some use a textured solid color plastic. Some use different shroud line attachments, etc.

 

[MALBAR 70]

Almost looks like a kitbashed Estes Silver Comet, with a different nose cone.

 

[neil_w]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a rocket on this forum that couldn’t be quickly IDed. This is very exciting. (I don’t know what it is either).

 

[goose_in_co]

That silver one is a puzzler.

It looks like a V2, with different fins. Fins from a Rocketship Luna, or Lunar Express. The tailcone keeps throwing me.

It will be interesting to see if it can be Identified.

Goose

 

[les]

Definitely is not the Pemberton 3FNC nor the Loc Little Lunar Express. The Silver Comet doesn't have the pods.
It looks familiar, but I can't place it....

The pods are also wrong for the Semroc VF-261

Agree - motor size would help ID it.

 

[Philip Tiberius D.]

Wherever it’s from, I think I want one