Peter Alway Astrobee 1500

[Jeff Curtis]

Picked this up a year or two ago. Construction looks a bit intimidating. Anybody build this one?

 

[billeblurzz]

Yes years ago…could be start of a contest quality model!

 

[Jeff Curtis]

Looks great

 

[Art Upton]

It was designed to be a NAR Scale contest model; which means lots of work

 

[Buzzard]

It is an awesome kit. Peter Alway and Bill Saidon at Balsa Machining Services produced a well thought out and engineered kit. It is complicated and it helps to read all of the instuctions thouroughly before starting. I messed up in using clamps on the built up fins that caused a warping. Had to fill in some areas. Other than that, it was a real pleasure to build and fly. Tom Beach who is the editor of the NAR magazine Sports Rocketry was busy photographing other models.
Wish this could be brought back in the future, but the balsa nose cone would be a problem due to expense.

Chas

 

[Jeff Curtis]

Kind of why I was considering selling or trading it.