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#13 HORNET
Sport Payload Model
Motor type: 13mm
Estes Mini-Brute kit
Purchased in 1973 already built from a Colorado Springs hobby store.
Refurbished in 2016
This was my first ever model rocket, being one of two models I still have from my 'old fleet' days between 1973 and 1984. This model was my BAR fleet flagship and was still actively flown until being officially retired after its 50th flight on October 21, 2021
https://castlerocketeer.blogspot.com/2017/03/rocket-fleet-13-hornet.html
#79 DELTA 2
Sport Payload model
Purchased in 1973 already built from a Colorado Springs hobby store.
Refurbished in 2016
This was my first ever model rocket, being one of two models I still have from my 'old fleet' days between 1973 and 1984. This model was my BAR fleet flagship and was still actively flown until being officially retired after its 50th flight on October 21, 2021
https://castlerocketeer.blogspot.com/2017/03/rocket-fleet-13-hornet.html
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| This is the Hornet in its original form c. 1975 |
#79 DELTA 2
Sport Payload model
Estes kit designed to carry the Astrocam 110. Kit #xxxx
Motor type: 18mm
Built in 1980. This is the other 'old fleet' rocket still in my possession. The Astrocam110 is no longer being flown, so I designed a new payload section in 2016 to be flown atop the original booster.
https://castlerocketeer.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-old-delta-ii-rides-again.html
#104 LYNX
Estes Industries futuristic model kit 7233
Built in 1980. This is the other 'old fleet' rocket still in my possession. The Astrocam110 is no longer being flown, so I designed a new payload section in 2016 to be flown atop the original booster.
https://castlerocketeer.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-old-delta-ii-rides-again.html
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| Original configuration with Astrocam110 payload. |
#104 LYNX
Estes Industries futuristic model kit 7233
Motor type: 13mm
Completed 16 September 2016
This is my first BAR era model rocket. It is the model that graces the header of this blog.
https://castlerocketeer.blogspot.com/2017/03/bar-rocket-fleet-104-lynx.html
#105 MOSQUITO-D
Sport model.
Completed 16 September 2016
This is my first BAR era model rocket. It is the model that graces the header of this blog.
https://castlerocketeer.blogspot.com/2017/03/bar-rocket-fleet-104-lynx.html
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| Liftoff of the Lynx, 14 April, 2019 |
#105 MOSQUITO-D
Sport model.
Scratch build of Estes design. (Kit TK-1)
Motor type: 13mm
Completed 10 August 2016
This is the 4th Mosquito I have built and flown over my entire model rocketry career. My goal was to set a record for most returned flights with a single Mosquito. The bird was lost on its 13th flight mission on xxx
https://castlerocketeer.blogspot.com/2017/03/bar-rocket-fleet-105-mosquito-d.html
Completed 10 August 2016
This is the 4th Mosquito I have built and flown over my entire model rocketry career. My goal was to set a record for most returned flights with a single Mosquito. The bird was lost on its 13th flight mission on xxx
https://castlerocketeer.blogspot.com/2017/03/bar-rocket-fleet-105-mosquito-d.html
#106 STAR TROOPER
Scratch built version of the original Centuri kit.
Completed: 22 August, 2016
Lost: 22 October, 2018 - 5th flight mission.
https://castlerocketeer.blogspot.com/2017/03/bar-rocket-fleet-106-star-trooper.html
https://castlerocketeer.blogspot.com/2017/03/bar-rocket-fleet-106-star-trooper.html
#107 CARLISLE MARK II ROCK-A-CHUTE
Scratch built replica from plans published in Model Rocketry Magazine, May 1970 issue.
Completed: 26 October, 2016
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| The Mark II ready for its maiden flight, 30 March, 2017. Note the wood dowel launch rod. Just the way Orville Carlisle flew 'em! The big launch lug on this model is the engine casing from my very first BAR rocket launch. (Hornet) |
#108 GENERIC E2X
Estes kit
Completed 8 December, 2016
#109 MINI-MAGGOT-3
Custom design Boost/Glider. Clone of 'Old Fleet' model originally built in 1974.
Completed: 20 April, 2017
#110 GRIFFIN 2
Custom designed model for boosting parasite gliders. Based on an 'Old Fleet' model, Griffin-1 originally built in 1976.
Motor: 18mm
Completed: 25 October, 2017
PG-1 FIREFLY-B
Scratch build of Estes kit #1280
Completed 12 April, 2017
#111 SUPER STAR
Scratch build version of MPC Mini-Roc kit.
Motor: 13mm
Completed 14 September, 2017
#112 STAR SEEKER
Scratch build version of one of three models in the Estes Mini Tri-Pak, kit #0866
Motor: 13mm
Completed 11 April, 2018
#113 LUNAR PATROL 3
Scratch build version of the old MPC kit.
Motor: 18mm
Completed 12 July, 2018
(See the complete build series in the main blog)
#114 ASTRON ALPHA
Scratch build of Estes design, built from the plans in the 1969 Estes catalog insert.
Motor: 18mm
Completed 14 June, 2018
#115 CANOPUS 2
Custom design cluster sport model. Clone of original Canopus model built in 1975.
The red and yellow color scheme on this model is based loosely on the
Argentinian sounding rocket series.
Plans published in the September 1987 issue of The Model Rocketeer.
Motors: 18mm (core), 13mm )boosters
Completed 1 September, 2018
#116 SATELLITE INTERCEPTOR
Scratch build of Estes kit #1296
Motor: 18mm
Completed 22 July, 2018
#117 FLATCAT B
Scratch build of G. Harry Stine's famous boost/glider. Built from plans published in
the August 1969 issue of Model Rocketry Magazine.
Motor: 18mm
Completed 8 September, 2018
The FlatCat B glider was 'thermaled away' and lost on its maiden flight on 22 October, 2018.
#118 BANDIT-3
Estes kit #2435, one of three models.
This was a simultaneous build with my two oldest grandchildren.
Motor: 13mm
Completed 15 September, 2018
#119 ALPHA VI, 60th ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Estes kit # 001958
Motor: 18mm
Completed 23 March, 2019
Retired following maiden flight on 14 April, 2019
#120 VIKING
Estes kit # 001949
Motor: 18mm
Model received from a friend. Viking was already built in the mid-1990s
Modifications and refurbishment completed 9 May, 2019.
#121 FLATCAT-C
Designed by G. Harry Stine
Scratch built glider replacement for #117.
Motor: 18mm
Completed 23 May, 2019
#122 Quark
Estes Kit 00802
Motor: 13mm
Originally built: 1995
Refurbished and modified: 15 June, 2019
#123 Big Rage
Quest kit # 1010
Motor: 18mm
Originally Built: 1995
Refurbished and modified: 28 June, 2019
#124 Solo
Estes Industries Kit EST7288
Glider Sport Model
Motor: 18mm
Completed November 26, 2019
#125 Super Shot
Estes Industries # 1449
E2X Sport Model
Motor: 18mm
Originally built 1999
Refurbished/modified June 27, 2020
#126 EAC Viper B
Estes Industries #0820 Scratch Re-build
Sport Model
Completed July 5, 2020
#127 Cherokee E
Estes Industries Kit #2408
Sport Model
Motor 24mm
Completed: July 13, 2020
#128 Citation Patriot
Estes kit #000652
Single stage sport model
Motor: 18mm
Completed September 24, 2020
#129 Wasp (B)
Boost/Glider designed by Marc McReynolds
Built from plans published in Model Rocketry Magazine, Dec. 1970.
Motor: 18mm
Completed September 15, 2020
#130 Orbital Transport (B)
Scratch Build of Estes kit # K-31/1242
Futuristic Glider model
Motor size: 18mm
Date completed: March 31, 2021
#131 Skeeter Eeter 3
Sport Model
3X upscale of Estes Mosquito
Motor size: 24mm
Completion date: April 5, 2021
#132 Nike-K
Sport Payload Model
Quest Aerospace Kit #2002
Motor Size: 18mm
Completion Date: April 13, 2021
#133 Steampunk Protostar
Modified, highly detailed Estes kit #7260
Motor size: 24mm
Completion date: April 6, 2022
#134 Interceptor
Estes Industries kit #1250
Futuristic sport model
Motor: 18mm
Completion date: December 21, 2021
#135 Big Bertha (B)
Estes Industries sport model.
Kit # K-23 / 1948
Scratch built.
Motor: 18mm
Completion date: March 7, 2022
#136 Nike-X
Estes Industries Scale-Like Sport Model
Kit #7259
Motor: 18mm
Completion Date: December 16, 2021
#137 Cherokee-Icarus
Two Stage Payload Rocket
Sustasiner Rocket: Quest Aerospace #2006
Payload Section: Quest Big Rage #1010
Booster Stage: Estes Cherokee-E #2408
Motors: 24mm (booster)
18mm (sustainer)
Completion Date: December 22, 2021
#138 Crossfire ISX
Sport Model
Estes Industries kit #7220
Motor: 18mm
Completion Date: December 24, 2021
#139 ESAM-58
Sport Model
Estes Industires kit # 0661
Motor: 18mm
Completion Date: March 30,2022
#140 Big Daddy
Sport Model
Estes Kit # xxxx
Motor: 24mm
Completion Date: xxxx
#141 Rascal R/G
Competition style Rocket/Glider
Designed by Paul C. Conner III.
Plans published in Model Rocketeer Magazine, October, 1973
Motor: 13mm
Completion date: August 31,2022
#142 Mountaineer IV
Two-stage sport/payload model
Estes Industries K-52/1252 modified
Motors: 18mm both stages
Completion date: April 25, 2023
Coming Soon
(On the workbench)
#143 Deltie Airshow
Triple Glider Model
Edmonds Aerospace
Motor: 18mm
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