Peter's Little Book of Goofy Rocket Plans

[PeterAlway]

I posted this over on Facebook, and I thought maybe people here would enjoy this little plan booklet I put together years ago. It's a mix of classic plans that I like, a few of my original plans, and some sort of hybrids where I stole ideas from classic plans. I'm not sure how pdf attachments work here, but it should link somewhere in this post.

 

[PeterAlway]

Here's the cover:

 

[kuririn]

Great, now I need to order more parts!
Thanks for the plans, Peter.

 

[Bruiser]

Thanks for the book. I like the Saturn IV.

-Bob

 

[Matt_The_RocketMan]

Giving me ideas as to what i should d with my Builders Kit...

 

[SCooke123]

Thanks!!! Some cool designs there!

 

[Tobor]

Nice! Thank you for sharing. Very cool.

 

[prfesser]

Hello Peter,
IMHO Estes or Quest should have hired you long ago, to prepare the drawings for their kits, especially the scale models. Very nice plans!
Best -- Terry

 

[mooffle]

Late to the party but I love your booklet and was inspired by the zubenelgenubi model. See picture for my super loosely based version, the Pyro CME (based on a ship from my favorite video game mixed with elements from your rocket). Thanks for not only the plans but also some fun inspiration.

 

[kuririn]

I started the Fractal Explorer over a year ago.
Still cutting the fins for it.

 

[mooffle]

I want to do some variation of the fractal explorer soon, or just incorporate that design.
I wonder if there's a way to calculate what the stability limit would be mathematically. At some point the mass will have some sort of 'e' like limit. Would the aerodynamics stop as well?

 

[dhbarr]

I started the Fractal Explorer over a year ago.
Still cutting the fins for it.

Good news, you're 99% done!

 

[kuririn]

Good news, you're 99% done!

Nah, cutting is the easy part.
But the gluing.......

 

[Cape Byron]

I bet the fin jig looks like it was made by Benoit Mandelbrot.

 

[Vitruvius]

The "Sputnik" clone and the "Saturn IV" look to be fabulous fun as is the Intercontinental Rabbit! I feel I might just be able to build them what with my Adult Onset ADD! Thank You Peter!

 

[Vitruvius]

Thank You, Peter. I enjoy Your rocket plans and I especially Your "Goofy" designs, especially the "Saturn IV" and I have a question here: You stated that the AMT "Man Into Space " Apollo would be a good fit, so to speak and I was curious whether or not You meant just the Command Module or...the Command Module AND the Launch Escape System? I found that Your plans for the 1/73rd scale "Mercury/Atlas" builds quite easily as does Your "Vostok" model. Besides ,Peter, it doesn't take much to modify the "Vostok" into the "Soyuz"...LOL! Thank You again!

 

[Aeronerd]

VERY cool stuff! Thanks Peter.

 

[gna]

I built the rabbit. It flies pretty well on a C6-3. I painted mine to look like Bugs Bunny:

I used Styrene for the ears, I think .020.

 

[Vitruvius]

@gna, Freaking AWESOME build!!!!!! How well does it fly?

 

[gna]

It can be a little squirrely (rabbity?) in the breeze. I papered the fins, too, so it's a bit on the heavy side, but it flies well: