Sascha Grant's Page

AKA: Krusty

Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Certification Level: Tripoli L2

Club Memberships: Tripoli,Rocketry Victoria (TRA 109)

Favorite Rockets: Orbital Decay

Biography:

Building and flying rockets as a BAR since around 2007

 

Work in admin during the day, volunteer fire fighter in between.

 

TRA L2, but mostly fly Low / Mid power.

Personal Home Page: http://www.atomicrocketry.com/

Club Home Page: http://www.tripoli.org.au/

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/MrSaschaGrant

RocketReviews.com Pages:


   

2012-10-20

Stumpy

Flight

Everyone loved this little rocket. Landed 10' from the pad - A10-3 - Police Padocks Reserve (Dandenong) [More]

   

Sascha's Estes Bullpup

Flight

Rocket weathercocked a little. Landed close to the pad - B6-4 - Police Padocks Reserve (Dandenong) [More]

   

Estes Satellite Interceptor

Flight

Good flight despite the wind - B6-4 - Police Padocks Reserve (Dandenong) [More]

   

2012-10-19

Modification Big Daddy (29mm) (Modification)

Review

I've always liked the Estes Big Daddy, but even flying on an E just wasn't good enough. So I went about building this to fly on a H - the H128 specifically. Components Out of the box, the kit includes: Nose Cone Centering Rings Pre-Slotted Body Tube Motor Mount ... [More]

   

2012-10-07

Estes AGM-57X Heatseeker

Flight

Good flight - drifted a long way - C6-5 - Serpentine (Rocketry Victoria) [More]

   

Estes Baby Bertha

Flight

Weathercocked due to wind - C6-5 - Serpentine (Rocketry Victoria) [More]

   

2012-09-16

Space Cadet

Flight

- C6-7 - Serpentine (Rocketry Victoria) [More]

   

Estes Big Daddy (29mm)

Flight

WOW! This just got up and went! - H128W-M - Serpentine (Rocketry Victoria) [More]

   

Kinder Surprise

Flight

Eject late - needed a C6-5 - C6-7 - Serpentine (Rocketry Victoria) [More]

   

2012-01-29

Flutter-By

Flight

Great 2nd flight, perfect tumble recovery - A6-4 - Dandenong Wetlands [More]

   

Flutter-By

Flight

Quick off the pad, good straight boost, recovered ok - A6-4 - Dandenong Wetlands [More]

   

2009-05-15

Scratch Atari Joystick (Scratch)

Review

Brief: 1:1 scale model of the original Atari 2600 joystick. Designed for looks and laughs--and of course, flying! Construction and Finishing: Work started with a 6" length of BT-20 body tube, some scraps of balsa cut into 4" strips to form the handle and a box made from mounting board (the ... [More]

   

2009-02-25

Scratch C6-5 2.6 Upscale (Scratch)

Review

2.6x upscale of the ever classic Estes C6-5 motor. Three fins and a noseflat with parachute recovery. Body is 9.5 inch of 60mm postage tube. Three balsa fins with a noseflat made with a 60mm diameter disk of 3mm plywood weighted with 1oz of polyurethane resin with a paper clip embedded for ... [More]

   

2008-10-09

Scratch Ballistic Chicken (Scratch)

Review

I guess this is your run-of-the-mill 3 fin and a beak parachute recovered rocket. 1 x 18" BT-50 body tube, 18mm motor mount, engine hook, 3 balsa fins, and head "beak cone". This is a straight forward build, however, due to the size of the chicken's neck, the launch lug is mounted about ... [More]

   

2008-08-03

Scratch Now That's What I Call a Funnel (Scratch)

Review

Huge plastic funnel. 29mm motor mount. Tumble recovery. Parts include: 11.25" x 14.5" Big red plastic funnel 9" x 29mm motor mount tube 2 x 3mm ply centering rings (one about 4.5" and the other about 2.5") .25" launch lug I saw this huge funnel in a local 'rubber & ... [More]

   

2008-04-27

Scratch ACME Rocket (Scratch)

Review

  ACME "Wile E. Coyote" styled rocket. Single Stage, parachute recovery. Single body tube (60mm x 25mm postage tube) with a cardstock nosecone (80mm x 85mm). Single stick for stability. 3mm Plywood centering rings, 1/4" launch lugs (one at center point of motor, one near end of stick). ... [More]

   

Sascha Grant