Estes Saturn V

[MegaRocketLaunch]

very very nice filming best ive seen yet

[ewtng]

Several things...

Can you do a demo video on Reloading the Aerotech E18-4 or F24-4 RMS motors ???

Can you also do a video explaning how you modified your Saturn V to fly with the nozzles in place ???

[Evandiego16]

Great launch!

[whatnottobe]

can u replace the engine after you have fired the rocket instead of buying a new one?

[MrLemonlime555]

it was a good launch. but really the Saturn v only goes about 1000 to 3000 feet maybe. im not to sure

[MrLemonlime555]

Estes made a mistake its really the Apollo 1 throwout 17 and the first Apollo AKA Saturn 5 was launched in 1967 and the door never opened and the astronauts did in a tragic fire. and then with the Apollo 13 the astronauts went to space but the was a explosion in the oxygen tanks and the rocket was leaking with oxygen and then c02 started to come in tho the rocket and they did not have enough oxygen but later on they fixed the problem and they came back the earth but they never went to the moon

[v16050118130114]

@MrLemonlime555

Actually, the Apollo 1 fire (resulting in the deaths of Grissom, Chaffee and White) happened during a launch rehearsal, not during a launch; also the rocket was a Saturn 1B, not a Saturn V.

Technically the Estes Saturn V represents no actual flight vehicle... the real V's didn't have the air scoops that Estes molded into the S1C stage wraps, and only the first couple of V's had 8 ullage rockets; later LV's had 4, then none (ullage rockets were found to be unnecessary.)

[MrLemonlime555]

@v16050118130114

thanks for telling me

[moomman89]

NICE!

[Tommyr]

Perfect! I LOVE the Saturn V!!!!

[DanBell47]

GREAT Launch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­! I hear Estes is re-releasing this kit this summer ('09) for the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.

[v16050118130114]

I'm kinda hoping Estes doesn't re-release this kit.  I have two unopened 30th anniversary kits that I bought 10 years ago, I'm hoping they will be worth a small fortune some day. ;-)

[Tommyr]

I have one kit as well.

[MrLemonlime555]

@DanBell47

but its the Apollo 13 not 11

[hope2prosper]

sweet....nice vid

[gongi10]

Awsome

[jnigeld]

GOOD DEAL...Aerotech ROCKS!

[rebelcountry33]

nicely done and awesome video quality :)

[MartySchrader]

Didja use engine deployment? I don't recall ever seeing a more perfect deployment of a Saturn in terms of zero vertical velocity. Could not possibly have been better. That's cheating if you are using electronics, y'know. You're supposed to rip out shock cord mounts and tear chutes like the rest of us.

[v16050118130114]

Yes, it used the Aerotech ejection charge.

I've had good results from the 24mm RMS motors, but the SU motors that I have tried have all been garbage. I lost a beautifully finished V-2 (white sands #2) scale model, because an E15-4 SU motor had about a 10 second delay, and ejected 1/4 second before impact.

[MartySchrader]

Thank you, Aerotech, for the bonus delay! Can't even file a MUSS on it.

[pilot7893]

In real life that kind of acceleration would turn the astronauts into grease XD

[Nopitschstrasse]

How did you modify the center nozzle? Did you simply remove it, or something else?

[v16050118130114]

For the center engine, I cut through the bell-shaped plastic nozzle so that the motor tube could slide through it, and glued it to the motor tube. So it isn't perfect, but from the side it looks like all 5 nozzles are in place.

[Nopitschstrasse]

Thanks! That's probably how I'd do it as well.

[v16050118130114]

Ah, you know what... my memory is flaky.

This particular rocket had only the 4 outboard nozzles, not the central one.

I'm building a second one now, that will fly on a cluster of five motors, and will keep all five nozzles in place.

I uploaded a brief video, with some photos showing how the two different models were built. Check my videos list.

[jnigeld]

An F24 White Lightning...GREAT! The most powerful motor I ever put in my Saturn V was an F12...was concerned anymore thrust might rip it apart. Great flight and next time I'm going to try an F24 reload in mine!

[v16050118130114]

Definitely - do it. The F24-4 rocks.

[drsheikhjunior]

awsome!

[v16050118130114]

Thanks. I'm building another one, right now, of the Saturn V Skylab launch vehicle. It will fly on a cluster of 5 motors.

[ranonline158]

how much it cost?

[v16050118130114]

Estes doesn't make this kit anymore, but you can find them on eBay; they usually sell for about $125, plus maybe $10 for shipping.

[MrLemonlime555]

@v16050118130114

i got the Estes Apollo 13 for $70 at hobby whole sale in edmonton

[MarkoDoktor]

Odlicno-Great

[nudeanaglyphs]

Sweet!!!