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(Created page with "{{RocketInfoBox |image = Berthimus-reborn.jpg |diameter = 4 inches (101mm) |length = 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) |weight = 8 lbs. 2 oz. (3.7 kg) |motor-size = 38mm |flights = 2 |max-altitude = not recorded |max-speed = not recorded |status = Ready to fly |simfile = https://github.com/DanCrank/openrocket-sim-files/blob/master/berthimus-prime.ork }} This is an upscaled Big Bertha built from an Animal Motor Works kit. Acco...") |
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|weight = 8 lbs. 2 oz. (3.7 kg) | |weight = 8 lbs. 2 oz. (3.7 kg) | ||
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File:Berthimus-reborn.jpg||alt=A large yellow, black and white model rocket standing in a workshop. It is an upscaled version of an Estes Big Bertha. | File:Berthimus-reborn.jpg||alt=A large yellow, black and white model rocket standing in a workshop. It is an upscaled version of an Estes Big Bertha. | ||
File:Berthimus-reborn-collage.jpg|Before, during and after the repair.|alt=A four photo montage showing the original rocket, the damaged section after the first flight, the unpainted repair with red fiberglass showing, and the repaired rocket. | File:Berthimus-reborn-collage.jpg|Before, during and after the repair.|alt=A four photo montage showing the original rocket, the damaged section after the first flight, the unpainted repair with red fiberglass showing, and the repaired rocket. | ||
File: | File:Berthimus-flies-again.jpg|Second launch with unpainted repair section.|alt=The rocket lifting off on a smoky motor. The unpainted repair is seen in the middle of the rocket. | ||
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== Launches == | |||
[[2019 Launch Reports#Berthimus Prime, CTI I212|SLRA October 2019 Club Launch, I212]] | |||
[[2019 Launch Reports#Berthimus Prime, CTI J400|SLRA November 2019 Club Launch, J400]] | |||
[[2023 Launch Reports#Berthimus Prime flight #3, J420|NSL East (2023), J420]] | |||
[[Category:Rockets]] | |||
Latest revision as of 20:40, 13 November 2023
This is an upscaled Big Bertha built from an Animal Motor Works kit. According to AMW's website, a limited run of 101 was produced for National Sport Launch 2018 at the request of Vern Estes; AMW still had some left at Airfest 2019 and I picked one up there. It appears to be out of production now.
I painted the rocket in colors matching the photo in the 1979 Estes catalog and made the graphics on my vinyl cutter. On its first flight, the rocket zippered due to a late motor ejection, requiring the top 2 feet of the lower airframe to be replaced. I replaced that section with a fiberglass tube for its second flight just a few weeks later. I finally got around to repainting the repaired section and redoing the graphic, but have not flown it again since then.
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Before, during and after the repair.
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Second launch with unpainted repair section.
Launches
SLRA October 2019 Club Launch, I212