Jeff Curtis's PageAKA: Jcurtis55 Location: Plainfield Indiana Club Memberships: NAR,A.M.O.R.E.A.,ROCI Favorite Rockets: North Coast Big Brute Biography: Twice a BAR. Flew rockets a lot in the late 60's and early 70's. Had a resurgence in the mid-90's, culminating in competing in NARAM 38 at Evansville and obtained a level one certification. Now it's 2019 and I have the bug again, Will work towards reobtaining level 1 certification. Member of the AMOREA section in Indianapolis and look forward to NARAM at Muncie Indiana.
Club Home Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/189520444369 RocketReviews.com Pages:
2024-10-12Wildman Dark Star Mini  Flight Low and slow. Definitely should have used a 5-second delay. I forgot to override the weight in open rocket and mine is considerably heavier than the published weight. Chute came out a couple of hundred feet up so no issues. - Quest E35-8 - Muncie AMA Field [More]
Estes USS Atlantis  Flight Windcocked slightly but not much. Ejection a bit early but no zipper. - C6-3 - Muncie AMA Field [More]
Estes Der Big Red Max Flight Really ripped off the pad. Straight flight but landed in a corn field. I couldn't find it but a short time later another flyer found it while looking for their rocket. - F67-6 - Muncie AMA Field [More]
Odd'l Rockets F-104 Star Fighter  Flight Flew well on the B6 but stripped off a couple of decals. - B6-4 - Muncie AMA Field [More]
Estes Solar Flare  Flight Windcocked pretty badly, but still a good flight. With the weight I added to nose to balance it, I was concerned if the A10 could handle it, but no problem at all. forgot to tape the nose cone so now I need another nose cone. - C6-0+A10-3 - Muncie AMA Field [More]
Rocketarium Maxtermind  Flight I was tired and didn't want a long recovery walk, so the C11 was perfect. Excellent flight. - C11-3 - Muncie AMA Field [More]
Estes Taser Twin  Flight This was a good motor combination for this rocket. Just a slight arc to the flight but pretty good for a 2-stage rocket. - Estes A8-0+A8-5 - Muncie AMA Field [More]
Mercury 3" School Rocket  Flight Great flight going up but the ejection charge never fired. To make matter worse, it came in ballistic on pavement. Destroyed a fair amount of the body tube but I think I can repair it. Shoved the 24/40 RMS case a bit into the motor mount and took some effort to extract it. - e28-6 - Muncie AMA ... [More]
2024-09-15PML IO Flight The launch rail had a vertical metal plate the rocket set on. It had a small lip, but the cap of my motor retainer caught on that lip and it never left the pad. - F50-6 - Ft. Harrison - Indy [More]
Estes Cloud Hopper  Flight Slight arcing flight, but really stable for a gooney. - B4-4 - Ft. Harrison - Indy [More]
2024-08-04Thoy Ruff OpenRocket Design [More]
2024-07-07Estes Pulsar (Kit) Review Estes Pulsar This is a 13mm minimum diameter rocket. I discovered this rocket when I set a goal of building all the rockets in the 1989 Estes Catalog. While not officially part of the Mini Brute series several rockets in the 1989 catalog fit perfectly with the other Mini Brutes. The Pulsar is one ... [More]
2024-05-09Estes Impulse OpenRocket Design [More]
2024-01-06Estes Pro Series II Panavia (clone) (Kit) Review Estes Pro Series II Panavia (clone) The Panavia was a kit that was available briefly via the Estes web site. It was composed of left over parts from other Pro Series II kits. The Panavia used the same fins as the Argent. The Estes kits are almost never seen, but clone kits are available from Bad ... [More]
2023-10-22New Way Squareros (Kit) Review New Way Squareros A relatively new addition to the New Way group of square rockets. They may be square but they fly great. The standard finish makes a great looking pseudo-missile rocket. New Way doesn't give construction ratings but I would say this is a 1 and would make a good first kit. As is ... [More]
2020-07-27Estes Starbird (Kit)  Review
I'm always keeping an eye on eBay for out-of-production kits. About a year ago I spotted an Estes Starbird kit. It had been opened, which must have hurt interest as I was the only bidder. All parts were accounted for and I was happy for my good fortune. While essentially a ... [More]
| 
Jeff Curtis |
