These are some of the rockets you will see at LDRS-XXXI. To have your rocket Displayed on this this page, tell us about what your bringing large or Small (no project is to small well… be reasonable) in the form Below. (the IS/Staff loves making more work for themselves)

 

Burl Michael Finkelstein’s Big V2
He is flying his Big V2 on one O5000 and two N2500 motors, all research motors, this works out to be equal to a P10000 or around 53000NS. This rocket is 15 ½ ft tall and 24 inches in diameter, it will weight in at 360lbs, 500lbs with the motors loaded, it is one BIG Rocket. His simulations put him at an altitude of 8200ft, This should be a fantastic flight for all to see.

Burl is setting the standard for the “L” in LDRS

 

 

 

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 Neil Brown’s  DINOSAURS ROCK-et EXTREME

the DINOSAURS ROCK-et EXTREME is 20-ft tall – weighs just under 200-lbs and will fly on a central Aerotech N2000 White and 3 Aerotech K750′s – also white. Expected altitude about 5500-ft. Recovery is a 8-ft Rocketman drogue. 14 ft rocketman chute for nose cone and attached payload, the main booster will come down softly on its own 30-ft Rocketman parachute.

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Dave Lang’s X-celerator

Dave will be flying his Performance Rocketry X-celerator. This was his level 2 project at last summer’s NERRF. Expected motor is a CTI K-490 to around 6500′. This 4″ diameter, 7 foot tall rocket has redundant altimeters, high definition video camera and a GPS tracker.

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David Chance

Dave’s Butter Cup is 10 feet, 60 lbs.
Flying on an M-1800 to a height of 5000 feet.

 

 

 

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Stephanie Klimczak’s Tommy I

“Tommy I” is a 54mm minimal diameter rocket built from Giant Leap’s “Mariah 54″ kit. With a little luck, “Tommy I” will become my Level I and Level II certification rocket. For my Level I flight I plan to fly a CTI I-175 to a projected 3,500 feet. If successful, I plan to fly a CTI J-140 to a projected 10,220 feet. “Tommy I” sports my university colors cardinal red and gold. USC decals are integrated into the paint clear coat to ensure a smooth surface and great looking rocket. The payload bay will carry a Featherweight Raven altimeter and BigRedBee Beeline GPS tracker and UHF transmitter.

I am currently a rising Junior at the University of Southern California majoring in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. In my spare time I hang out a the USC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory http://rpl.usc.edu/ Fight On!

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Burl Michael Finkelstein’s R2D2

This guy has been around a while and always gets smiles to see it fly.
16″ diameter drink cooler converted into a flying robot
Usually flies on a K696 or K1100

 

 

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George Pike’s $88.13

So named because this scratch built Level 3 rocket cost $88.13 to construct. 6.25″ diameter, 10′ tall, and 41lb at the pad. Hoping to fly it twice, both times on research M motors, one a 5 grain white formula M1452, next time on a 4 grain white M1040, first flight expects about 6,000′, next flight around 5,000.

 

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Burl Michael Finkelstein’s Nike

10″ diameter Nike will fly on a 6″ O blue motor and possibly a White
lighting O

110 pounds pad weight 11.5 foot tall

I am painting it now
Here was the first flight photo

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Shane Batten’s Freedoms Price

6 inch Ultimate Wildman.
Jet black in color DOD seals on fins POW / soldiers cross flags, tribal flames.
CTI Pro98 6grain N2501 white
ARTS2 / CoPilot
65lbs on the pad
Mach 1 to 12450 ft AGL

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David Chance’s Black 5

This will be what I call the ‘Redemption’ flight because the first attempt practically detonated all over LDRS 28.

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Nick DeBrita’s 1/6th Scale Mercury Redstone

I’ll be flying my 1/6th Scale Mercury Redstone on a cluster of five motors. A central M2500T and four K1100Ts. The rocket is 11.5ft tall and 11.5″ in diameter and weighs about 130lbs on the pad. Expected altitude is about 6,000ft.

 

 

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Gary Is another Guy bringing so many BFR’s we gave him his own page HERE

 Gary Tortora’s VORLON5

The VORLON 5 Is a scratch built/designed rocket of mine, LDRS 31 will be its third flight, Its last 2 flights were on a CTI N1800WH and an M1520BS.

The Rocket Specs:
Height – 9′
Diameter – 5″
Electronics – RRC2 Mini’s X2
Main – Starchute Large
Motor – CTI M1520BS
Pad Weight – 46lbs
Altitude – 14,200′

 

 

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George Pike’s Nike Smoke

11′, 10″ tall10″ diameter
Polecat kit is made of Fiberglass and Plywood
Electronics PerfectFlite and and ARTS2
will fly on an N2700 research motor to 4500′

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Melody Clune’s Cinderella

Cinderella is a scratch built rocket using BT80 tubes, TTW plywood fins and a 24mm motor. She has had many flights on E18′s and F22′s. At LDRS31 she will fly on peperoni (that’s AMW pro-X for those who are not 11yrs old) 24mm 3 and 6 grain.

 

 

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Richard Comshaw’s Wildman CT

Ultimate Wildman 12 feet tall 6 inches in diameter Altimeters Stratologger and Raven
2 flights:
EX N2551 Red to 11,000
CTI N3180 Red to 13,500

 

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Jerry O’Sullivan’s Iris

Assuming all goes well on the 1st 2-stage M-M at Red Glare, I’ll be bringing it to LDRS with more impulse in booster and an N in the sustainer – roughly an M5400 (cluster of 9 blue) staging to an N5000 (research white). It’s got RC control of the sustainer airstart and recovery if needed. “Look-up” and “look-down” HD cams, gps, big colorful chutes, should be a cool flight to about 12,000′. But as we like to say, hopefully not “very cool”.

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Matt Vetere’s Upscale Whatchmacallit

This is roughly a 7x upscale of the Fliskits whatchamacallit. A level two project that will be flying on an AT J570 to about 3400′. The rocket is 5″ in diameter and 6′ tall and weighs 11lb empty. Homemade 8′ dome parachute will gently set the rocket back on the ground.
Altimeter is an adept22.

 

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Kevin Cuomo’s Archer 8

Scratch built scaled version of a real missile. Flown previously at LDRS 28 and other Pyro launches. This year will be flown on an experimental N2100 red flame motor. Expected to be loud with long bright red flame and reach an altitude close to 2 miles. Carries an on-board digital camcorder for real-flight movies.

 

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Don is bringing so many BFR’s we considered giving him his own page! We did Here

Don Bitz’s M-Force

Don’s upscale of the Aerotech G-Force is scratch built 7.5″ diameter 10′ tall Blue tube and plywood creation. Don plans to fly it on Friday on an 4 motors a 75mm central M and 3 38mm J class boosters. on board electronics will include Raven altimeters, and a GPS tracking system.

 

 

Don Bitz’s Big Ass Rocket

This is the Performance V2 with an extended airframe. Built like a battleship, the BAR’s maiden voyage found it careening back to Earth, victim of a CATO at about 500 ft. You can imagine the size of the core sample from the attached photo, however it suffered barely a scratch.
It subsequently was flown successfully in the KloudBuster’s cornfields, in fact if you look closely you can see it floating gently back to Earth in the Dicscovery channel’s special.

Don Blitz’s Buccaneer 6

This ain’t the world-famous Buccaneer’s first LDRS, in fact she flew twice on this very field at XXVIII, and again over the cornfields of Kansas last year.

This year the Buc will roar off the pad to over 15,000 on “The Hammer”, Anthony Cesaroni’s N5800 – definitely a mach-busting flight.

 

Don Bitz’s Arreaux 5

5″ X 10.5′ Upscale of the popular Aerotech sounding rocket. Boasting a 98mm motor mount, this streamlined beauty will be flying to an anticipated 20,000 ft on a CTI N1100 Moonburner developing over 14,000N over a 12.5 second burn.

Kodak Playsport camera will be filming in HD from a special compartment in the AV bay.

 

Don Bitz’s Ultra Buc

Piggybacking on the repeated success of the 6″ X 12′ Buccaneer, the UltraBuc 2 adds a three (3) 54mm K-Class sustainer cluster to the 98mm M to N class booster.

For this first flight we anticipate lighting a CTIM2505 on the pad, airstarting the sustainer(s) at just over 2000 ft. (after a short 2-second coast)

 

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Dan Sheerer’s Black Sunshine

My L3 bird, a 5″ Performance Rocketry Intimidatory, will fly its 3rd flight on a Cesaroni M2020 Imax motor. 2 Perfectflite alts, d-bag setup with a 24″ ballistic drogue and a large Skyangle chute. Looking for Mach 1+ and 12,300 ft.

 

 

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Joe Gallagher’s Epiphany

My level two scratchbuilt rocket will have everything it can handle
stuffed into it at LDRS31. The 5 motor cluster will be maxed out with
a central J510, and four I200s, airstarted in pairs. High resolution
onboard video of the flight will be taken. Looking to achieve 8.5k.

 

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Howard Druckerman’s Firebolt

Ultimate Wildman 6 inch x 12 feet on CTI M1770 Skidmark to 5700 feet.
Electronics: PerfectFlite Stratologger (primary), MARSA4 (backup) , Garmin DC40 GPS and Boostervision HD
Drogue: custom drogue with reflective Mylar streamer
Main: SkyAngle 32 inch for nosecone and deployment bag and Cert-3 XL for airframe

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Delbert Wlson’s Janie’s Jewel

This is for LV3. The rocket is called “Janie’s Jewel” we are from the “FLY-N-W FARM” Lexington,KY. You can see the farm logo on the fin.
First time to LDRS. My wife is going isn’t she just a “Jewel”?

 

 

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Jim “The Schredder” Goggins Independence

This rocket is an 8″ upscale from the 4″ one I shredded at a MARS launch. That’s how I got the nickname, The Shredder. This rocket is scratch built and stands at 11′ tall. I will be using an M2020 I max.
I anticipate an altitude of 8400ft.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Alex Zoghlin’s Patriot

This 1/2 scale Patriot stands 10ft tall is 7.5″ in diameter weigh’s in at 90lbs on the pad. Flying with a raven and an rrc2 mini to handle recovery this G12 monster is expected to reach 6’000″ on a 98mm 11,000ns Gorilla motor.

 

 

 

Alex Zoghlin’s Harpoon

The Harpoon is a scratch built 16ft tall 11.5in diameter Full Size AGM-84. constructed of PML tube with Kevlar and Fiberglass weave. Avionics will include a Raven, Marsa4 and a WRC+. 3 CTI M class 75mm 6grain motors will lift the harpoon to near 8300feet.

 

 

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Richard Comshaw’s Westfield Fire Department

4 inch Performance Intimidatory themed for my volunteer fire dept. Features pictures of the CT Line of Duty Memorial and a FDNY 9-11 cross released to fire departments in the surrounding areas.

2 flights planned: AMW K1000 skidmark to honor this years line of duty deaths. AMW L666 skid to honor a friend in my fire department who is currently on hospice

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Michael A Paniccia’s Competitor6

This is going to be Mike’s L3 glory. This performance hobbies Kits is constructed of fiberglass airframe & Fins, 3/8” Russian Birch CR’s. 2 Two AdeptAlts25 are the on-board Avionics controlling deployment of Tac9 Drogue,
25′ Skyangle Cert 3 Main Chute at 900″
With an Aerotech M1315W this bruiser should battle gravity to 5800ft.

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Mitch Guess’s Full Scale Astrobee D

This scratch built Full size Astrobee fiberglass beast is 13ft tall and 6in in diameter weighs in at a stealth 60lbs.
Onboard avionics include a Missleworks RRC2 an RRC2 mini and an modern HD video camera.  This flight should take place on Saturday flying on a LOKI M1882 to 6000ft.

 

 

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Andrew Kleinhenz’s Zorba The Great

This is a scratch built 5.5″ diameter rocket. It is 6.5 feet long.
Recovery is facilitated by two Missile Works RRC2 altimeters. It has flown well before on a K550 and K695. I hope to try a K700 if the weather and my nerves permit, to about 6,500 feet.

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Tim Bookwalter’s Blue Phenix 3×3

My ambitious goal is not just one launch, but nine. Plan is to fly my collection of three Blue Phenix(s) (38mm, 3″, and 4″) each day for three consecutive days. Day 1 (G/H/I), Day 2 (H/I/J), and Day 3 (I/J/K). All launches will Dual-Deploy with final launch of 4in version on a K513FJ to ~5000ft. All final motor selections not yet made, but anticipate ~5000ns total across all 9 launches. Photo is of 3in Phenix at NYPower11 and inset is me and 38mm Phenix at NOVAAR.

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