• By Sean Fallon
    Apr 20, 2009 11:20 AM 22,667
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    Shots of the 36-Foot Saturn V Model Launch: That's a Big Rocket
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    Largest Scale Model Rocket In History Blasts Off on April 25th

    At over 36 feet tall and 1600 pounds, designer Steve Eves hopes his custom-built rocket will blast off into the record books as the biggest scale model in history when it launches on April 25th.

    That's right—this 1/10 scale model of the Saturn V rocket can actually fly thanks to eight 13,000ns N-Class motors and a single 77,000ns P-Class motor producing 8,000 pounds of thrust. If all goes well, the single stage flight will top out at 3-4,000 feet and return to Earth via parachute.

    Will Eves $25,000 baby succeed as the original Saturn V rocket did in 1969, or will it crash in a spectacular and potentially deadly fashion? Either way, I hope there is some good video. [Rocketry Planet via Likecool via OhGizmo]


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