Title: BatRok

Kit number: KV-53

Background Information brief: The BatRok was introduced in 1967 by Centuri Engineering Company in their American Rocketeer. It was designed by Ron Maggiano while he was a high school student in Scottsdale, Arizona. Inspired by the hit television series Batman which premiered in 1966, Ron entered his original design in a model rocket competition sponsored by Centuri and won a $25.00 gift certificate. The original BatRokTM was slightly smaller but had the distinctive “Bat-Fins” and payload compartment. Although the BatRokTM did not make it into a catalog, it is an outstanding example of the innovativeness of early modelers. The BatRokTM was Centuri #KB-8 and was introduced with a price of $1.95.
The Retro-Repro BatRok is updated by using laser-cut fins. The original balsa nose cone and body tube sizes are used. The original rubber shock cord is replaced with an elastic cord for longer life. The original method of slitting the body tube to an- chor the shock cord has been replaced by a Kevlar® cord for greater reliability.

Designer: Ron Maggiano

Release Date: 03/09/2005

In Production: 2005-2014

Instruction PDF

https://www.oldrocketplans.com/semroc/Semroc_BatRok.pdf











Fin patterns/Decal from Don Altschwager

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Archived Semroc product page:
https://web.archive.org/web/2005021...s.asp?SKU=KV-53

Semroc release announcement 3/9/2005:
“Semroc will be releasing three new kits at NARCON 2005 this weekend and the Recruiter for general distribution.

Semroc's cc:Space Plane is a "carbon copy" of the original 1961 Estes K-3 Astron Space Plane without the instructions which are available at JimZ's site. The BatRok is a Retro-Repro of the 1967 Centuri kit that had a limited distribution. The Semroc Retro-Repro Snipe Hunter is based on the Centuri kit first released in 1967 with a balsa nose cone. The Recruiter was released as a promotion a few months ago and is now available for general distribution.

Order before mid-afternoon Thursday, March 10 to reserve low production numbers. We will take the rest to NARCON. All orders will be shipped on Tuesday March 15.

If you are attending NARCON, stop by our booth for your free cc:Space Plane!

Thanks for your support of Semroc.

Sheryl, Bruce, and Carl
semroc.com

Coming up next: April Dancer and ... the Boids!!”

Bagged kit images from an auction site.

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The instruction PDF has been added to the original post.

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This is what I scanned from my Batrock.
Yes I built it so if number 20 ever shows up on Ebay, it is a fake.

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Thanks! Do you by any chance know the dimensions of the wood or decal?

Going by measuring the images, the decal is 2 3/8" x 1 17/32".

The fins are 10 1/2" x 1 7/8" and 1/16" thick.

Here is the parts laid out.

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Thanks, if anyone has the North Carolina version of the kit parts laid out it would be appreciated.