1:48 Scale Saturn V – scratch build
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1:25 Scale (14 foot tall) Saturn V – scratch build
Launch Photos from April 3rd, 2016 – Kevin Boyd
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1:25 Scale
(5) motor cluster
1 – center K700 motor
2 – H123 motors
2 – I211 motors
1 – 10′ parachute upper
1 – 15′ parachute lower
Total weight 58 lbs
( On-board Video from August 31, 2013 launch )
1:25 scale Saturn V in commemoration of Apollo 8 Winds would not allow full tower to be raised. April 2011
1:48 Scale
(5) motor cluster
1 – center G80 motor
4 – F40 motors
1 – 4′ parachute upper
1 – 5′ parachute lower
Total Weight 10 lbs.
1:48 Scale Saturn V
Launched on (4) – F40 motors. (1) center- G80 motor.
Igniters “Littleuns” from Wildman Rocketry.
Retrievial parachutes are –
(1) – 5′ dia. lower section & (1) 4′ dia. upper section.
Rocket is 7.5′ tall and 8.25″ in diameter at base.
Airframe is constructed from 160# Cougar Cover,
3 layers laminated together using HAR Padding Compound.
Interior Support bulkheads are 3/16″ foam board.
Stringers are styrene sheets from Plastruct and Evergreen.
Other exterior details are carved from Bass or Balsa wood.
Special Thanks to Jorge Blanco and his wonderful mom
Concepcion C. Blanco for all their hard work to make this possible.
SM, CM, LES
Before the addition of the transition stringers
between 2nd and 3rd stage
used Evergreen half round rods
Inside airframe before the 5 engine tubes were installed
and 6 more bulkheads installed for support
Parachute department, top of engine tubes
showing top bulkhead.
Bottom of 3rd stage showing bottom bulkhead
This section seperates to deploy total of 3 parachutes.
One end of top section parachute shock cord attaches here.
Fins/Fairings before painting
Many thanks to John Pursley for his invaluable help with the fairings.
with Apollo 15 CMP Al Worden (center)
1:25 scale at Tellus Science Museum
Thanks to Michael Burke for use of his drawings of the Launch Umbilical Tower
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