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1/60 Scale Vostok (1970) -
First "serious"
flying scale contest model. Placed 1st at Pasadena (TX) ISD
Interscholastic Model Rocket Competition which was an annual model
rocket contest between the schools of the Pasadena Independent School
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1/87 Scale Saturn V (1983) -
1983 Internats
entry. First attempt at a "super detailed" Saturn V model. Large scale
for its time (1/100 scale Saturn V models were considered very large
at this time.) Disqualified due to crash. |
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1/96 Scale Mercury Redstone (1990)
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Tiny sport scale model with shingle corrugations and
built-up escape tower. Placed 1st in regional NAR competitions in
Dallas, TX and Baton Rouge, LA.
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1/72 Scale Saturn V (1997) -
1st place NARAM
39 (Tucson, AZ) static judging. Crashed due to severe weathercocking
(Looks like I am developing a "habit" of crashing Saturns at major
competitions!).
Led to development of autopilot system used on subsequent NARAM
competition models.
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1/24 Scale Mercury Redstone (1998) -
1st
place NARAM 40 (Muncie, IN) Team Sport Scale entry of Gus Grissom's
Liberty Bell 7. Unique all plastic and resin flying model with
gimballing motor and horizon sensing "autopilot" for flight control. |
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1/10 Scale Vanguard (1999)
Added 7/6/09- "Boilerplate" model intended for demonstration
flight at NARAM 41 (Pennsylvania). Encouraged to enter as competition
entry, placed 2nd in static judging. Not flown due to winds and small
field. No supplemental fins. Two stages with gimballing motors in each
stage. Utilized horizon sensing "autopilot" developed for NARAM 40
Mercury Redstone. |
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1/12 Scale MR-8/Liberty Bell 7 (2000)
- 1st Place in Team Sport Scale at NARAM 2000
(NARAM 42, Penrose, CO). Used prototype resin Liberty Bell 7 Capsule
the molds of which were used to produce the 1/12 Liberty Bell 7 Accur8
Spacemodels kit. Redstone booster used 1/64" plywood construction and
RC control of parachute ejection. |
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1/12 Scale MR-8/Liberty Bell 7 (2002)
- 1st Place in Team Sport Scale at NARAM 44
(McGregor, TX). Similar to the model of 2000, it was a completely new
model that was lighter, stronger, and more detailed. In addition to
its RC recovery system deployment, it made use of a horizon-sensing
autopilot unit coupled to a gimballing engine for flight control. The
horizon-sensors and control electronics were different from previous
systems in that it could actually sense the horizon at night! |
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1/12 Scale Liberty Bell 7 Capsule (2003) -
Intended for NARAM 45 (Evansville, IN). Three 13mm motors located in
Retro Pack. Withdrawn for non-competition
reasons. Nope...it didn't have an "autopilot" but it did have a simple
RC ejection system.
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1/72 Scale
Little Joe II QTV (in progress)
- Watch the various phases of the the
development of the prototype all-resin 1:72 model of the very first
Qualification Test Vehicle (QTV) of the Little Joe II series of test
vehicles which were used to develop and test the launch escape system
for the Apollo spacecraft. |
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1/48 Scale Saturn V - Coming-
Phase by phase of the construction of my 1/48 Saturn V model
rocket!* |
