[KS] Saturn V Relaunch

[MonkeyFinger]

Dang, but this brings back some memories. Probably around the same time, my brother and I built the exact same monster rocket and took great pains to detail it. It was awesome. Only thing was we never had the nerve to actually launch it, having suffered too many destructive "landings" before that. 

At first you think, wait what - you want $14,000 to build and launch a model rocket? But he does explain that there is way more to it than that and it doesn't look like he's going to have a problem making his goal.

[Isgrimnur]

If you're going to do something like this, go big or go home.

[Teggy]

If you're going to do something like this, go big or go home.

 

[Ironrod]

If you're going to do something like this, go big or go home.

 

 

I'm gonna guess that wasn't using your ordinary Estes D engines.

[Isgrimnur]

PopSci

Eves' single-stage behemoth was powered by nine motors—eight 13,000 Newton-second N-Class motors and a 77,000 Newton-second P-Class motor. (Five Newton-seconds is equivalent to about a pound of thrust.) All told, the array generated enough force to chuck a Volkswagen more than a half-mile—and sent the Saturn V more than 4440 feet straight up.