Russian SAM III

[Aerobee300]

Does anyone remember the Centuri (I think) Russian SAM III two-stage kit from the early-mid eightys ??? I built one and and it was just too cool !!! Even though I only had one launch ... the upper stage must had made the stratosphere ... lol !

I would even love to just get ahold of a parts list and instructions so I could attempt to clone the kit.

 

[Aerobee300]

I found a pic of this kit ... did I say this was a really cool forum !!!

It was a Centuri MAGNUM SAM-3 as seen on this webpage ...

https://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/rockets/catalogs/centuri83/83cen6.html

 

[sandman]

I believe...not positive...it is based on a BT-60 body tube.

That would not be hard to "clone".

Or upscale it using almost all the parts...and a few more...from an Estes Pheonix kit.

Or better yet if you can find an old Estes Sizzler with the rear ejection I think the nose cone is closer.

sandman

 

[Rocketmaniac]

Aerobee300

That website you found is cool...... If you go back to the main menu he has most, if not all of the old catalogs........ I found rockets that I have never seen before (I am one of the few here at TRF that is not a BAR)....... Boy, Estes and Centuri made a lot of cool looking rockets back then!!!!!!!

 

[Aerobee300]

Yeah ... that website is cool !!!! I gotta quit looking at all this old stuff .... I may just be getting back into the rocketry thing to hard and fast ... lol. What started out as a school project for my kids is rapidly turning me into a maniac !!! I'm seeing a lot of the old kits I made as a kid and find myself wanting to have a "do over" on all of 'em !

What's worse is there is even a lot of new stuff that is sparking my interest .... oh well ... it's only time and money right ... LMAO

BTW ... What is a BAR ? (newbie question)

 

[Rocketmaniac]

Originally posted by Aerobee300
What started out as a school project for my kids is rapidly turning me into a maniac !!!

BTW ... What is a BAR ? (newbie question)

Another maniac!!!! That's my name!!!! LOL

BAR is Born Again Rocketeer...... Someone who played with rockets as a kid....... left the sport and then came to it later........

 

[Aerobee300]

Well, I guess I'm a BAR then ... lol

 

[powderburner]

Don't forget to check out the list of acronyms on EMRR's web pages:

https://www.rocketreviews.com/cgi-bin/flattips/glossary.cgi

There is lots of good info in there!

 

[jflis]

yea, the ninfinger site is great I even have a contribution there.

Check out: https://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/rockets/catalogs/estes60/60estcat.html

I sent in a scan of my copy of my first (1960) estes catalog.

The wild thing about it...?

The only nose cones were *plastic*... (160-PNC-1 & 160-PNC-2)

who'd'a thunk it?

jim