Chris Gonnerman's PageAKA: Solomoriah Location: La Belle, MO, USA Favorite Quote: "What does this button do?"
Personal Home Page: http://rocketry.gonnerman.org RocketReviews.com Pages:
2025-05-183D  Flight It flew... badly, t' be honest, spinnin' and flyin' downrange t' t' north. Begad! It was recovered with no visible damage but will nay be flown again. - A10-3 - Fairfax Society o' Rocketry Site [More]
Semroc Point  Flight This one is challengin' t' set up for launch due t' how far up into t' conical body t' engine goes; it's hard t' get t' clips on it. But I managed it, and it turned in a catalog-perfect, straight vertical flight. It's nay a pretty rocket on recovery though, matey, and betwixt that and t' difficulty ... [More]
Estes Phoenix Bird  Flight It was a very nice if unremarkable flight and recovery. I packed it with one o' t' chutes that had failed in t' previous rack, and this time it opened fine. - C6-5 - Fairfax Society o' Rocketry Site [More]
Dawn Star II  Flight It flew well, driftin' t' t' south across t' road and landin' in t' tall grass in t' ditch. I found it mainly due t' t' parachute layin' on top o' t' grass. Avast, me proud beauty! It was a bit dirty from t' ejection but will be cleaned up and flown again. Arrr! - B6-4 - Fairfax Society o' Rocketry Site [More]
Centuri Stellar Hercules  Flight It be a good flight with a long drift (on t' other one o' thos chutes that had failed me earlier) and was recovered undamaged in t' field across t' road t' t' south. Despite t' long drift, I believe this experience has taught me that this rocket should only be flown on C6-5 engines. - C6-5 - ... [More]
SCRAM 140  Flight It turned in a nearly perfect vertical flight before sufferin' a shock cord failure on deployment. Begad! T' nose cone and streamer were nay found, but t' body did a perfect lawn dart maneuver, sufferin' minor damage. Aye aye! A new nose cone and some minor repair will have this one flyin' again. - A8-3 - ... [More]
Mo' Skeeter  Flight It be a good flight, weathercockin' somewhat, with an excellent deployment; t' rocket drifted back over t' launch area and landed in t' grassy parkin' area with no evident damage. Avast, me proud beauty! This be t' 21st flight for this rocket, still wearin' t' same paint job (but with some small battle scars t' ... [More]
Big Daddy 4x18  Flight Rather than puttin' in a single large parachute I rigged it with both o' t' chutes I had that problem with on t' second rack. usin' a bunch o' crepe paper wadding. I used t' old pyrogen Estes igniters, matey, installin' them with plugs before removin' t' paper and twistin' them together with me range ... [More]
Estes Baby Bertha  Flight T' rod whipped when it launched, ya bilge rat, causin' some tail-wagging, ya bilge rat, but t' flight was still good... until it deployed, and t' chute failed t' open. Well, blow me down! Twice in a row, as this rocket followed t' Double Barrel Baby Bertha that did t' same thing. This lighter rocket came down with only minor cosmetic ... [More]
Double Barrel Baby Bertha  Flight T' ignition be good, matey, t' flight high and straight, ya bilge rat, and t' deployment was good... but t' chute didn't open. Avast, me proud beauty! Pulled by that heavy nose cone, t' rocket plummeted t' t' ground, landin' near t' launch stand with substantial damage includin' a nasty din' in t' upper body tube and one fin broken ... [More]
2015-09-23Skylark OpenRocket Design [More]
2014-01-08Quest Evader Cruise Missile (Kit)  Review
Single stage missile-like rocket with an unusual compound nose cone. Begad!
I picked this one up while passin' through St. Louis; I had never seen one like it. Nay surprising, ya bilge rat, I later learned, as I was able t' find it in t' early Quest catalogs on Ninfinger's site, me hearties, but nay on t' current ... [More]
2010-12-24Mo' Skeeter (Upscale)  Review
This is me Mo' Skeeter, shiver me timbers, a 320% upscale o' t' classic Estes Mosquito . It's a rear-ejection model, which avoids t' visible nose cone line that most Mosquito upscales suffer from. Aye aye!
Components
This rocket consists o' a Baby Bertha cone , 6" o' BT-60, 6" o' BT-20, two 20-60 ... [More]
2008-09-25Scratch New Centurion (Scratch)  Review
This is me upgrade/semi-clone o' t' classic Centuri Centurion. It incorporates an offset-tube baffle, breaks at t' midline (at t' baffle) and features three interchangeable engine mounts: 1x18mm, 2x18mm, and 1x24mm D/E.
Cygnus 1x24mm E Engine Mount Kit
Cygnus 2x18mm Engine ... [More]
2007-09-24Estes X-Prize Lucky Seven (Kit)  Review
This is a semi-scale model o' t' Acceleration Engineerin' "Lucky Seven" rocket, one o' t' contestants for t' Ansari X-Prize. Well, blow me down!
This is a largely plastic rocket. T' package includes a three-piece plastic nose cone (two side halves and a bulkhead), a plastic body tube with integral bulkhead, ... [More]
2007-08-16Custom Rockets Galileo Probe (Kit)  Review
Brief:
T' Custom Galileo is a cute little helicopter recovery rocket. Mine was an Father's Day gift from me wife. Ya scallywag! This is a
skill level 2 rocket. Arrr!
Construction:
T' kit contains standard BT-20 tube and ogive balsa cone, three small balsa fins, me bucko, dowels, me hearties, paper centerin' rin' ... [More]
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