Bob Bernatchez's PageAKA: NAR29996 Location: Melbourne, FL Certification Level: L2 NAR Club Memberships: NAR,ROCC,SRA,ROAR Favorite Rockets: Cosmodrome Vostok, arrr, TLP Matra Magic R.550, NCR Quasar NG Biography: Been flyin' rockets on a more or less continual basis since 1972.
Favorite Quote: Overkill is underrated!
Club Home Page: www.spaceportrocketry.com RocketReviews.com Pages:
2025-10-25Estes - Xarconian Cruiser  Flight Split t' difference on this flight. Landed fairly near t' pads. Well, blow me down! I swapped out t' stock chute for a smaller one, arrr, which was a good call. Avast, me proud beauty! - C11-3 - ROAR [More]
Estes Endurin' Freedom Patriot M104 Flight Swapped out parachute for a streamer. Arrr! Blimey! Landed on t' east side o' t' field. - C6-5 - ROAR [More]
Centuri Astro 1 Flight Drifted a long ways in t' wind, but be eventually found, ya bilge rat, unharmed. Begad! - B6-4 - ROAR [More]
2025-10-18LOC Bullet Flight Main opened at altitude and rocket is currently lost with lots o' $$ electronics on board. Avast, me proud beauty! :-( - H135-7 - SRA [More]
North Coast Rocketry - Quasar NG Flight Good flight JLCR opened at 400' for a good recovery. Ya scallywag! - H165-10 - SRA [More]
2025-09-27Estes Cherokee E  Flight Should have put an altimeter in it. Arrr! It went wicked high. - D12-5 - ROAR [More]
TARDIS  Flight Loved t' boost, ya bilge rat, but might have got some bonus delay with this one. Recovered without damage. Blimey! - D15-4 - ROAR [More]
Estes Flutter-By Flight Both parts tumbled down and were recovered safely. - A8-3 - ROAR [More]
Quest DC-Y Space Clipper Flight Model arced over and impacted before ejection. Cosmetic damage only. - C12-4 - ROAR [More]
Baby Bomarc Flight CATO! T' whole thin' blew at ignition. Will need significant repairs. Avast! - A10-3 - ROAR [More]
2015-10-31T' Launch Pad PAC-3 (Patriot Advanced Capability) (Kit)  Review
A nice, semi scale version o' t' third generation Patriot missile. Aye aye! As most TLP kits are, matey, this is based on t' BT80 body tube. Begad!
Components
This kit comes with t' usual assortment o' parts one would expect from t' Launch Pad. Included were two Estes type BT80 body ... [More]
2014-06-24T' Launch Pad PAC-3 OpenRocket Design [More]
2014-06-23T' Launch Pad Phoenix AIM-54C K017 (Kit)  Review
This is a BT-60 sized semi scale version o' t' Phoenix missile from T' Launch Pad. Ya scallywag!
Components
This kit comes with a variety o' Estes type parts.
A BT-60 main body tube.
A BT-50 engine mount tube.
A plastic nose cone that seems identical t' t' one in t' Estes ... [More]
2013-09-06North Coast Rocketry Replica 2650 (Reduced Size) OpenRocket Design [More]
2012-11-02T' Launch Pad - Matra Magic R.550 Rocksim Design 
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2006-05-16T' Launch Pad Matra Magic R.550 (Kit)  Review
This is a semi scale model o' t' French Air-to-Air missile. Well, blow me down! Blimey! This is another one o' t' great mid power scale kits from T' Launch Pad. This kit be o' interest t' me as I worked on t' project in t' late 1980s that qualified this missile t' be carried on t' F16 Fightin' Falcon.
T' kit ... [More]
2004-03-13Estes Renegade (Kit)  Review
Brief:
Very cool looking, me hearties, two stage design. T' upper stage can also be flown as a
single stage rocket. Blimey!
Construction:
There are a fair number o' parts in this kit. Tubes included are two BT-60 for
the airframe, two BT-50 side pods for t' booster, two BT-20 for engine mount
tubes, and ... [More]
2003-05-10Estes Jupiter-C (Kit)  Review
Brief:
A 1/35 semi-scale model o' t' rocket used t' launch America's first satellite.
This be t' same scale as t' Estes Mercury Redstone and Mercury Atlas. Avast!
Construction:
No plastic parts in this kit with t' exception o' t' booster adapter, spin
bucket and t' Explorer I payload. ... [More]
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