The Launch Pad Nike Ajax

[billeblurzz]

 

[billeblurzz]

Flies on 3 D12-5s…recovers on 3 Mylar chutes!

 

[aerostadt]

Launch Pad Nike Ajax with Roachwerk decals on first stage.

 

[user 35280]

Flies on 3 D12-5s…recovers on 3 Mylar chutes!

What size is the lower BT?

 

[billeblurzz]

2.6"

 

[Grant_Edwards]

Very cool. I golf across the road from an old Nike launch site (Nike MS-70) and have always wanted a model Nike. IIRC, it was a Nike Hercules site, so someday I should build one of those. I see that Apogee has plans for one that flies on a cluster of 4x13mm motors and could be staged with a 24mm sustainer. Maybe after I get my Saturn-1B built...

 

[afadeev]

Very cool. I golf across the road from an old Nike launch site (Nike MS-70) and have always wanted a model Nike. IIRC, it was a Nike Hercules site, so someday I should build one of those.

I went on a bike ride with Scouts Troop to Sandy Hook, NJ, stumbled onto a local Nike Missile Site NY-56.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sandy-hook-nike-launch-site


Now I know exactly where to go if I need the exact measurements ;-)
You can see for yourself here:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.433...158.48346&pitch=0&thumbfov=100!7i16384!8i8192
BTW, I also have a pair of TLP Nike kits (Nike-Ajax and Nike-Herc) in the "build pile".
If anyone is interested, I can scan the build instructions and parts, turn it into a thread, and we can all build as many copies as desired.

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[user 35280]

https://boyceaerospacehobbies.com/c...ts/nike-ajax-rocket-builders-kit-1-14th-scale
https://boyceaerospacehobbies.com/c...ts/products/nike-hercules-rocket-builders-kit
https://boyceaerospacehobbies.com/c.../products/nike-hercules-kit-1-24th-scale-24mm
https://boyceaerospacehobbies.com/collections/all-plastic/products/nike-zeus-kit-1-24th-scale-24mm

 

[aerostadt]

This is my all-white version of The Launch Pad Nike Ajax.

 

[Ronz Rocketz]

I went on a bike ride with Scouts Troop to Sandy Hook, NJ, stumbled onto a local Nike Nike Missile Site NY-56.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sandy-hook-nike-launch-site
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Now I know exactly where to go if I need the exact measurements ;-)
You can see for yourself here:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.433...158.48346&pitch=0&thumbfov=100!7i16384!8i8192
BTW, I also have a pair of TLP Nike kits (Nike-Ajax and Nike-Herc) in the "build pile".
If anyone is interested, I can scan the build instructions and parts, turn it into a thread, and we can all build as many copies as desired.

a

Can someone borrow it? Doesn't look like they're using it at the moment...

 

[Grant_Edwards]

[boyce aerospace kits]

Yea, I saw those. They seem a bit heavy, and the reviews don't give the impression they're very air-worthy.

 

[Grant_Edwards]

I went on a bike ride with Scouts Troop to Sandy Hook, NJ, stumbled onto a local Nike Missile Site NY-56.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sandy-hook-nike-launch-site

I wish they had preserved one of the sites around here (Minneapolis). There's no trace of most of them. The one I mentioned across the road from the golf course was bought by a developer just before the crash of 2008. He removed all of the buildings, and there's nothing left except the pavement and the launch doors:

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9517228,-93.7801189,447m/data=!3m1!1e3

The radar/control site is a mile-and-half to the southeast on Nike Road. I think this is what's left of it (it used to be marked on Google Maps, but the marker is gone).

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9354612,-93.7568867,258m/data=!3m1!1e3

One of the nearby towns (St. Bonifacius) does have a decommissioned missile on display in Missile Park:

 

[billeblurzz]

Boyce models not air-worthy??

 

[billeblurzz]

 

[billeblurzz]

 

[billeblurzz]

Perfect flights on both models!!

 

[Grant_Edwards]

Perfect flights on both models!!

That's reassuring. I might have to reconsider the Hercules. Reviews mentioned problems with chute deployment and with the motor retainer.

 

[user 35280]

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Looks like a Knight Mfg. launch pad as well?

 

[billeblurzz]

Yes! Love the pad!!

 

[billeblurzz]

Found some 15

 

[billeblurzz]

Found 15 year old booster decals I never applied!

 

[Hobie1dog]

I've been doing battle with a TLP Indigo kit. I'll never build another model with paper and balsa components, your rocket turned out great. Thanks for the photos

 

[Ronz Rocketz]

We had a few. Just the berms remain. Before WW2, there were many pillboxes around the island where spotters would spend all day looking for incoming ships. They make for great trails. The most famous is Kokohead if you have the fortitude for climbing up 1000 rail ties.

 

[Ez2cDave]

BTW, I also have a pair of TLP Nike kits (Nike-Ajax and Nike-Herc) in the "build pile".
If anyone is interested, I can scan the build instructions and parts, turn it into a thread, and we can all build as many copies as desired.

That would be great !

Dave F.