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                                              STAR FLEET

These are our rockets with pictures and stories about each one

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                                         The fleet in the shop                                                          Got motors?

 

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Ameri-Can 6" (152 mm) X 110" (2794mm), 35 lbs () ARLISS rocket. This will be the biggest member of our fleet. Tyler and grandfather began construction during the 06/07 winter.

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Astrocam 110  1.35" (34.3mm) X 18.4" (46.7cm), 2.7 oz (76.4g) Estes plastic kit with camera. Looking for some aerial photos from Tyler's new rocket 1/5/05. B6-4 (250') C6-7 (500'  ) 

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Baddaboom 3.1" X 74" carbon fiber rocket with dual deployment, Blacksky AltAcc2C and GPS/Flight. 76mm Slimline motor mount.

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Baddabooster 4" X 33" Fiberglass booster with Concept 60/30 fins. M1939 motor with 98mm Slimline mount. 

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Endeavor  4" X 72" PML Quantum tube kit with dual deployment, Blacksky AltAcc2C and xenon strobe. 54mm Slimline motor mount. Flown with J315, J420, J460, J570. Level 2 cert. rocket.

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Firefly  2.3" X 54" Rocketman phenolic kit with Blacksky AltAcc2C and xenon strobe. 38mm Slimline motor mount. Sustained 2 major crashes with reconstruction. Flown on everything that fit up to J350. Level 1 cert. rocket.

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Firestorm 2.2" X 64" Giant Leap fiberglass kit modified for dual deployment with shortened fins and Blacksky AltAcc2C. 54mm Slimline motor mount. Flown with motors up to K700 to 14,000'.

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Flying Saucer 12" Dia. Art Applewhite paper kit. 38mm phenolic motor mount. Flown on motors up to H242 to unknown (low) altitudes. Looks great with Blackjack motors. 

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Initiator  2.6" (6.7cm) X 39" (99cm), 14 oz (400g) Aerotech cardboard kit. This is the first mid-power rocket that Tyler built himself. Flies to 2,000' on a G80. 

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Mini Meanie  1" (25.4mm) X 5.25" (13.3cm), .74 oz (21.2g) Estes plastic kit. Looking for the first launch of grandma's newest addition 1/15/05.  A3-4T (), A10-3T (700').

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Mustang   1.9" (4.7cm)  X 32" (81cm), 11 oz (310g) Aerotech cardboard kit. This is one of our first two rockets. Rob built his one and it's had two major rebuilds by Tyler and grandfather. Flies to around 3,000' with G80-10.

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Oracle   1.6" X 36", 7.6 oz Estes Digital Video kit. A new arrival in time for Mudrock 05. Flies to around 600' on D12-3. 30 second video recorder is pretty easy to use.

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Stonebreaker   2.2" X 28" Apogee cardboard kit. 24mm motor mount. Won E impulse duration contest at XPRS-04 with a 24" Topflight chute and 3:09 hang time.  Download Rocksim File

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Strongarm   2.6 X 44" Aerotech cardboard kit. 29mm motor mount. One of the veterans of the fleet, flown over and over with G80's to around 1,800'. More epoxy than cardboard at this stage of life.

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Skywriter Tyler and grandfather built this Estes kit for Shannon. It was her first rocket.

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Sierra This is a low power kit that Tyler built at science camp.

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Texas Twister  .736" (18mm) X 14.38" (36.5cm), .62 oz (17.5g) Apogee cardboard kit.  Pretty cool helicopter recovery on Shannon's new rocket 1/15/05. 1/2A3-4T (230') A3-4T (460') A10-3T (460')

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Water Works  4" X 46" fiberglass payload bay with "underwater" deployment charges designed to carry 18 lbs. of water to 20,000' for cloud production.