1:48 Scale Saturn V - scratch build
(with exception of the CM)
2nd Successful Launch - Sat. Dec. 4th / 1:32pm at Calhoun, GA

Saturn 5, Saturn Rocket - NASA Saturn V Model Rocket - Built by Everett Stowe

Video to be posted. . .



 

 

 

 
- 41 years after the July 16, 1969 launch of Apollo 11 -
my 1:48 scale 7-1/2 feet tall Saturn V launched
on July 24, 2010 at the Charlie Elliot Wildlife Center
in Mansfield, GA. The launch / flight / recovery were
all perfect.
(Build is in progress of a 1:12 scale Mercury Redstone).
And, there is another supprise on the horizon.
Everett

   
Countdown to Launch    T-

Launch Video - 7/24/2010
Click on the button lower right to view fullscreen

Launched on (4) - F40 motors. (1) center- G80 motor.
Igniters "Littleuns" from Wildman Rocketry.
Retrievial parachutes are -
(1) - 5' dia. lower section & (1) 4' dia. upper section.
Rocket is 7.5' tall and 8.25" in diameter at base.
Airframe is constructed from 160# Cougar Cover,
3 layers glued together.
Interior Support bulkheads are 3/16" foam board.
Stringers are styrene sheets from Plastruct and Evergreen.
Other exterior details are carved from Bass or Balsa wood.

Contact me with your Impressions/Questions

Special Thanks to Jorge Blanco and his wonderful mom
Concepcion C. Blanco for all their hard work to make this possible.

Manned Flight Awareness Medals

This medal was flown as payload, today
Sat. July 24,th, 2010 - thanks to
Charles Carter (IBM Engineer at NASA).
During his tenure at Kennedy Space Center from
1967 - 1972, he worked on the Saturn 1B,
Saturn V, and Skylab

Referred to by the title of the NASA office tasked with their issuing, the Manned Flight Awareness medals mark one of the rare instances when the agency used flown hardware to create mementos.

Each medal was minted in part from metal flown
aboard the mission for which it commemorates.

NASA presented these medals to their employees
and contractors (typically accompanied by a
certificate or card) whose work helped to make
the mission a success.

Apollo 11 Launch Team Medallion
Flown metal: LM: pulley clamp
                        CM: heatshield bolt


CSM, CM, LES


Inside airframe before the 5 engine tubes were installed
and 6 more bulkheads installed for support


Bottom of 3rd stage showing bottom bulkhead
This section seperates to deploy total of 3 parachutes.
One end of top section parachute shock cord attaches here.


Before the addition of the transition stringers
between 2nd and 3rd stage
will use Evergreen half round rods

Parachute department, top of engine tubes
showing top bulkhead


Fins/Fairings before painting
Many thanks to John Pursley for his invaluable help with the fairings.
www.accur8.com/Modeling_Apollo/S-IC_Fairing/S-IC_Fairing.htm

 
    

New 1:48 scale next to Estes 1:100 scale

 


Bottom showing 29mm motor mounts

   
Thanks to Michael Burke for use of his drawings of the Launch Umbilical Tower

  Apollo Mission Patches - Apollo 1 thru Apollo 17

Photos from previous launches of my Estes 1:100 scale Saturn V
Flying on a single D12-3
Perfect slow liftoff - only reaches about 100-125 feet, but very realistic launch
         

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