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[[2023 Launch Reports#Berthimus Prime, J420|NSL East (2023), J420]] | [[2023 Launch Reports#Berthimus Prime flight #3, J420|NSL East (2023), J420]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:40, 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