07-02-2016, 10:03 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Katy, TX
Posts: 2,345
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K-36 Saturn - V Repairs Underway
I'm currently doing some long, awaited repairs to the upper section of my 1/100 scale Estes Apollo/Saturn - V model I built and flew back in 2009. For those who don't remember, I flew this model in July 2009 down at Needville, TX for the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo - 11 Flight. The launch was great, but the recovery system for the upper section was ripped off on ejection from the engines and it "lawn darted" at high speed into the ground, badly damaging the "nose" section (as shown in the first picture). The 2nd picture shows the model prior to launch. The 3rd picture shows the main section returning under three 24" parachutes. I hope to fly this model once again after the repairs are completed. 
Post Script: For some reason, the pictures are not posting in the order I'm uploading them.
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Dave, NAR # 21853 SR.
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