Neil Browns
DINOSAURS ROCK-et EXTREME
LDRS 2012
(Large & Dangerous Rocket Ships)

Neil and his 20 ft tall rocket.
20 Ft Tall, 11.5 Inches Wide
Motors to be used at LDRS 31 for this flight:
1 Central Aerotech N2000 White Lightning
 3 Outboard Aerotech/Kosdon K750's White Lightning
Recovery - 8 ft Drogue & an Amazing Bright Orange Rocketman 30 Ft MAIN Parachute with nose cone on a separate 14 ft chute.
100 ft separates booster from sustainer

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Previous Flights

LAUNCH VIDEO AT LDRS 28 On JULY 5, 2009
2:30PM - Potter, NY
Perfect Flight Altimeter Reading - 8,480 Ft.

 
Photo by David S. Mackieman - Rocketdungeon blog
Prepping the rocket for launch.

The 218 lb rocket loaded on the truck
and being transported to the launch pad.
My son Aidan and Andrew Michael on the truck

Photo by Neil McGilvray - Liberty Launch Systems

Dan Michael arming the altimeters

Dan Michael and Neil Brown
Loading the Igniters

Photo by Ray LaPanse
Lift Off at 2:30PM On Sunday July 5, 2009

Photo by Neil McGilvray - Liberty Launch Systems

Photo by Ray LaPanse
Successful Recovery
Photos from Red Glare in Maryland in April 2010

Click on video below to view flight.

http://www.the-rocketman.com/April_2010_Neil_Brown_Dinosaurs_Rock.wmv

Jeff Taylor of LOKI Research made all the rocket motors.

Lift off on a Central LOKI N4000 Spitfire and 3 LOKI K830 Spitfires.

Leaning into the wind.

Successful Recovery.

Photographed below on November 8, 2008 are the parts from PML.
The (4) 4ft - 11.5 inch wide airframes were fiberglassed.
The 3 huge fins were also fiberglassed.
The inside of the 4 ft. nose cone was fiberglassed.
NOTE: This is NOT the original kit from The Rocketman - I added in many more options:
Central 98 MM Motor Tube and 3 outboard 54 MM Motor Tubes with custom cut centering rings.
4 Inches of Airframe cut off of the booster section to be attached to the altimeter bay.
And, I added in additional couplers for added strength and thickness to parts of the airframe.

Below - putting parts in place for test fitting prior to using epoxy.
Over 4.5 ft tall there is a central 98mm motor tube and 3 outboard 54mm motor tubes.

Above - test fitting motor tube components.

Fins attached and fiberglassed to motor mount - see below:
Astro (from Centuri - 17 inches tall) used as size reference.
Ast

For size reference, you see the ASTRO from Century on top, a Estes Saturn V on the Table in the back,
and, by the way, the table behind the DINOSAURS ROCK-et EXTREME is 6 ft wide. From here, I am going to attache the second rail button to the aft of the rocket (two more go on the next section). Then, some internal fillets for the fin/airframe. And then, which I will photograph later - mega foaming the interior to seal everything up.

The interior of the airframe you see above will be filled with Mega Foam.

Below is the 4 ft section that goes above the aft section you see above.
Looking inside the ariframe below you see a strip of wood and a coupler.
This unit attaches two (2) more unistrut rail guides.

Below you can get an idea again of the size of this rocket.
Note the two standard doors in the background.
Here you see the first 2 sections "screwed together" with the 4 Unistrut Rail guides.

 A photo of my smaller 10 ft DINOSAURS ROCK-et
See you at LDRS!!