Just in time for the release of a major Hollywood motion picture about rocket obsession (
The Astronaut Farmer), Brandango.us is proud to announce the launch of the largest free paper rocket printable on a desktop printer in the known universe...
The Saturn-Komarov. This is a very impressive, 47.5 inch tall, 3.8 inch wide, 1/100 scale, lightweight rocket that streaks into the sky on a column of flame and smoke with Estes D12-3 motors and can be flown on E, F, and G composite motors. Estimated retail value of this monster when compared with similar-sized kits is $185.00.
The rocket has already been flown and a video of its second flight can be viewed at the
COSROCS community service/educational web site on the
2007 photos page. COSROCS meets EVERY 2nd Wednesday of the month, 7to 9 p.m.at the Main Downtown Police Station.
The construction pages are downloadable PDF files. Print on a desktop printer with some readily-available papers, add some glue and other simple materials like Foamcore, toothpicks, and dowels, and she's ready to fly.
There's a wickedly satirical backstory (forward story?) that skewers some of the near future's politically correct sacred cows in the manner of Orwell's
1984. NASA, in the wake of massive political/economical/social fallout, is restructured as a subsidiary of the Russian space program and the first-born product of this wonderful marriage is the rocket shown here, the Saturn-Komarov. It's a "harmonious melding" of great concepts... Saturn, Soyuz, Mercury, and Thor.
Hey, we didn't say the rocket was pretty, did we?
It's a skill level 4 build and offers a diversion for modelers interested in expanding their horizons outside the prepackaged confines of the standard kit.
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