Trying to design a stable model rocket from a jet will present some compromises. The two jet engines extend beyond the back end. The front o...

When I posted the first prototype build of the Odd'l Rockets F-104 Starfighter, I heard about it! Most comments were positive but a few...

On the first F-104 prototype I used some already cut dowels from the F-16 kit. Larger wing tanks will be used on the next build. These l...

Here's the original Centuri F-104 Starfighter. Note the rectangular cardstock intakes and wing tanks. I just finished a prototy...

Originally I was going to call this the F-17. It is based on the OOP F-16 Centuri Fighter Fleet model. I went back to the F-16 name after se...

Here's the finished prototype. More tweaks are coming! For now more flight testing . . .  The finished model is smaller...

Draw, adjust, then draw and adjust again. The first tries were too square and didn't fit the contour of the nose cone. It took six ...

This won't be a full build thread but a quick insight into making a prototype. I'm playing around with a new Odd'l Rockets kit...

The top picture shows the Centuri Vulcan as seen in the 1971 catalog. The bottom picture is my finished clone. Look close and you can see th...

Two MicroMaxx downscales, one prototype and a new downscale flew this morning. There was no breeze, but it was overcast and a very light mis...

I now have 60 MicroMaxx engines to fly. This morning had perfect weather - blue skies, cool with just a slight breeze. First up was the card...

I've sent a email to Rick Piester at Estes with this suggestion. This idea was inspired by the old Centuri engines. I wanted to mak...

Recently there has been forum posts about whistling rockets. Rockets with split fins like the BSD THOR do whistle. I've heard the THOR w...

I'd bought a $.99 Frisbee at WalMart for my daughters to play with. They weren't that interested so I thought I'd put it to bet...

Odd'l Rockets is a small rocket company "specializing" in rockets that are a little different. The one thing I don...

Occasionally I'll post some pictures of something I've worked on from the past. Here's my version of a Saucer, very loosely base...