Ken E. Coyote's PageAKA: Ken E.Coyote Location: NY Club Memberships: NAR,Metra Rocket Club Favorite Rockets: Rocketarium Mega Vortico Biography: Although I always wanted to get into rocketry I never really got the chance since I grew up in a crowded city. However I did fire a ridiculous amount of small bottle rockets when I was younger (I would hope that counts somewhat! :) I've loved building things growing up...static model kits were the norm and I got into RC models as I got older. I also love wordworking and any type of craft which involves making stuff. Rocketry seems to be the perfect fit for me! I LOVE the multi-media nature as well as the point that the rocket doesn't have to have a perfect paint job to look good (especially good if your eyesight gets worse as you age). Great bonus is that these rockets aren't static and can be blasted off into the great blue yonder and (hopefully) return safely for another go. I'm the creative type and I love the diversity of kits out there...this hobby is screaming for me to go crazy with silly (but safe) designs. I've just started rocketry in 2014, but wow, I've learned a lot!
Thanks for reading!
Favorite Quote: Wile E. Coyote is a genius! 
You know you're a Rockethead if you go to the store or supermarket and start thinking "I think I can make that into a rocket"!
Club Home Page: http://metrarocketclub.org/ RocketReviews.com Pages:
2025-01-21Little Green Man  Flight Beautiful low flight. Was about 125' (hard to estimate while videoing). Good chute right near apogee, fun little green guy! - B6-4 - Frozen Lake [More]
Semroc - Saki (KA-12)  Flight Motor wasn't enough for this heavy and draggy goony and flight was very low. Rocket flipped around and came in fast towards my left and chute finally deployed just short of hitting the deck. Very exciting, but I wouldn't do that again! One "wing" broke, but should be an easy repair. - A8-3 - ... [More]
Odd'l Squatty Body  Flight I had flown this once before years ago and recently dug it up to fly it again. Nice little fun rocket with unusual design. The motor tube extends up almost all the way to the top of the nose cone and the streamer is folded and put to one side of the gap. Nice little rocket for a small launch site, ... [More]
2023-11-04The Launch Pad Saab RB05  Flight Very nice boost straight up, however, I believe nose cone had drag separation (there was a lot of nose weight added), which cut the flight short and caused a zipper. Will repair and fly again! Good motor for this rocket with weighted nose cone. - E30-4 - Pine Island NY (Metra Rocket Club) [More]
Hangar 11 4" X-15 (Dual Deploy Modified)  Flight Last HP launch of the season for me, so I dusted off the X-15! Used one of the new rail pads, but it seemed to bind a bit when sliding on. At ignition, the rocket seemed to skew a bit rightward as it left the rail and wobble a bit (rail guides binding?). This lead to the lower than usual altitude. ... [More]
2023-04-22Dragon Rocketry Exocet  Flight First flight on an CTI I455 with Tailcone retainer (since I lost the CTI ring retainer lol). Boost was good with a nice long coast and straight up. drogue at apogee and good recovery (don't recall details of the main). - CTI I455 - Pine Island NY (Metra Rocket Club) [More]
Mr. Wiggles! (Scratch Build)  Flight Great flight! Ejection of motor boosted cup a bit further up too! - Pine Island NY (Metra Rocket Club) [More]
2022-11-05Hangar 11 4" X-15 (Dual Deploy Modified)  Flight Beautiful flight! Was laser beam straight, nice red flame and deployed right at apogee. Got lots of compliments on how nice the fight looked. Flight #11 for this bird.
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- J425 - Pine Island NY (Metra Rocket ... [More]
2022-07-03Madcow 4" Patriot  Flight Rush build of Madcow 4" Patriot in time for the club's pre-July 4th launch. Motor was awesome and launched it up at high speed (Eggfinder listed "V:713"). Unfortunately I didn't have enough shear pins (2) and the rocket had the main deploy at apogee may have also been an ... [More]
2022-06-04Mega Der Red Max  Flight Great flight albeit not too high. I was estimating 700' and Flightsketch actually had exactly 700'! JLCR was set for 300', but seemed to open at around 200 or lower. Rocket landed in a water filled ditch (torpedo 2 for 2 so far today...ugh), but chute was reachable and I pulled ... [More]
2015-07-05Estes Mega Der Red Max (Kit)  Review
If you like the regular Der Red Max, you'll go gaga over the Pro Series II Mega Max! I built this one kind of quickly along with the Pro Series II Nike Smoke, so construction was somewhat of a blur, but I was very impressed with the materials and design. I felt you get a lot of ... [More]
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