Space Man Spiff * ARMAGEDDON X-71 Shuttle * Dorothy

The greatest newspaper cartoon of all time, Calvin & Hobbes, was the inspiration for Space Man Spiff's "Rocket of Death." The RoD is a kit bash of 3 Estes Bull Pup D's with a clear payload bay for Spiff. It is a 3 engine cluster that can fly on a core B6-4 and 2 B6-0 or a core C6-5 and 2 C6-0 engines.

Above: Spiff is in the payload section

Below: A / J Jolly Rogers from the U.S.S. Nimitz VF 84 F14 Tom Cats circa 1979.

Spiff rips off the pad on a full C6 - 3 engine cluster at the 2nd Annual Birmingham Blast April 22, 2006 as BRB sponsor and Alacom Finance president Diane Roehrig watches along with Louis DeArman, Reagan and Yance Hall.

BRB Night Launch, flight 29 August 16, 2008.

Spiff has flown 30 times to date.

F-14 Tom Cats VF-84 U.S.S. Nimitz CVN 68

Hunting rats circa 1979

Ready to go on a C6 cluster

Randy & his alter ego.

X-71 ARMAGEDDON SHUTTLE

Verna holds the ARMAGEDDON X-71 Shuttle before the strap ons are installed.

2 Engine combos: 1 B6-4 & 2 B6-0

or 1 C6-5 & 2 C6-0

X-71 Static test fire. 3 B6-0's. 5 flights.

Ready to fly over the rainbow?

Dorothy

Triple Payload 3 to 3, 6 engine cluster built from 4 Estes Load Stars. 5 flights

Above: As a single stage 3 engine cluster

with payload: Lion, Tin Man & Scare Crow

Above: Dorothy lifting off as 2 stage, 6 engine cluster. 3 C6-0 to 3 B6-4

Below: Just before 2nd stage ignition

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Dorothy & her ruby slippers

EMRR - Arguably one of the top 5 websites on the internet for anything related to rocketry! Brains, Heart and Courage - Modification article on Verna's build of her 2 stage, 6 engine triple payloader, Dorothy - now available on EMRR ! You can find it here: http://www.rocketreviews.com/reviews/all/mod_est_loadstar_kitbash.shtml

Verna's alter ego, Dorothy

The X-71 is a combination of an Estes Columbia Shuttle and 2 Estes Yankee rockets

At left as a single stage.

Below as 2 stage.

Dorothy static test fire 3 B6-0's. I was a little late to catch all 3 engines igniting but I did get a great photo of the core engine burn through.

Below: 2nd stage full burn

Time to fly!

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