Biggest Scale Model Rocket Ever Built!

[cljohnston]

Found this linked over at OhGizmo!

OhGizmo! » Archive » Largest Model Rocket In History Is 36 Feet Tall, Weighs Over 1,600 Pounds

You can look all you want, but I promise you you’re not going to find this model Saturn V rocket in the Estes catalog. That’s because it was custom designed and built by Steve Eves who hopes to enter the record books for flying the largest model rocket in history. At 36+ feet tall and weighing in at over 1,600 pounds, the mini-Saturn V is powered by nine rocket motors including 8 13,000ns N-Class motors and a single 77,000ns P-Class motor. When I messed around with model rockets as a kid, the largest motors I could get my hands on were D-sized, and I always wondered just how high in the alphabet rocket motors actually went.
The single stage flight should reach an altitude somewhere between 3,000 and 4,000 feet, and at apogee the rocket will separate into three parts and return to Earth via the assistance of various parachutes. In the end Eves estimates he’s invested about 1,500 hours into the project with a total budget of around $25,000, though that will actually be covered by various sponsors come the April 25th launch event. (Weather permitting.)

One man's quest to honor America's Saturn V rocket - Rocketry Planet

 

[cjp]

:speakcool:
How does it compare to this?:
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b4WzWFKQ20"]YouTube - Top Gear - Reliant Robin space shuttle - Richard Hammond and James May - BBC[/nomedia]

 

[unussapiens]

Impressive.

When I saw the thread title I immediately thought of this: (Start about 25 seconds in)

(Start about 25 seconds in)

 

[Andy44]

All that and it's only single stage? $25,000 smackeroos? Wow, I'm glad I never took up the hobby! For that kind of cash might as well get into amateur rocketry and start building sounding rockets.

 

[NukeET]

Hopefully, it becomes the biggest scale model rocket ever successfully flown.

Would be a terrible shame if it undergoes a "CATO". Stay tuned sports fans.

 

[Brad]

Great Cracker! This baby is huge.... It will either be a spectacular success or failure. Talk about a hobby addiction!

 

[Nerull]

 

[Brad]

Man did that baby go! WOW!

 

[Nerull]

http://rocketdungeon.blogspot.com/2009/04/steve-eves-saturn-v-rocked-marylands.html

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Better video

 

[Andy44]

Man oh man, the jet sound of that thing rocks!!!!

 

[Brad]

This has got me thinking... if this thing was 1600 lbs, with a few modification you could actually launch a person in this thing 3000 to 4000 feet.

 

[Andy44]

This has got me thinking... if this thing was 1600 lbs, with a few modification you could actually launch a person in this thing 3000 to 4000 feet.

Okay, I'll do it, but you first!

 

[cljohnston]

Boy, that baby really flew! :speakcool:

Follow-up post on OhGizmo!

OhGizmo! » Archive » Largest Model Rocket In History Launch Appears To Have Been A Success

And I love how the first stage landed standing perfectly upright!

 

[Anariaq]

:speakcool:
How does it compare to this?:
YouTube - Top Gear - Reliant Robin space shuttle - Richard Hammond and James May - BBC

So Close!!!! my heart was in my troat the intere time :OMG:it was so close! hope they try again :speakcool:

EDIT: DOH forgot the topic again it was a perfect. Looks so cool and like the landing. And really believe that he is really proud for what he has done. Perfect

 

[Nerull]

Since the Top Gear shuttle was rigged to crash, they got the result they were going for. Why would they do it again?

The explosion was photoshopped in, though. At least they didn't put explosives on it. *coughBraniacAlkaliMetalscough*

 

[Anariaq]

Since the Top Gear shuttle was rigged to crash, they got the result they were going for. Why would they do it again?

The explosion was photoshopped in, though. At least they didn't put explosives on it. *coughBraniacAlkaliMetalscough*

Ah now I remember where I have seen him before
allthough think its after effect not photoshopped... anyway still the same.
And why do it again? well for an another crash right?

Anariaq

 

[Hielor]

Ah now I remember where I have seen him before
allthough think its after effect not photoshopped... anyway still the same.
And why do it again? well for an another crash right?

Anariaq

The giant explosion they show was not from the reliant robin crashing into the ground. If you watch it in slow motion, it was clearly edited in.

 

[EJ316]

That was awesome! Expensive hobby though :/