Maiden flight of the then newly completed Vehicle 66 on a somewhat conservative Estes D12-7 black powder motor, launched from an Aerotech Mantis launch pad, northeast Switzerland, June 17, 1999. Vehicle 66 was designed as a pure sport model, strongly inspired by the legendary Estes Der Red Max, a model rocket I worshipped as a teenager in the late 1970s after building it both in its original guise and in the Der Big Red Max version.
Vehicle 66 measures 390 mm in length and 44.5 mm in diameter. It was built from MRC and Estes parts and carried an Estes Transroc II sonic beacon during its first flight. The rocket is intended to be flown with D, E, or F motors. Top photo was taken in Zurich, Switzerland, on May 18, 2016.
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