Saturn V Rocket Project

Saturn V launch

Saturn V Model Rocket Project

1:48 Scale Saturn V – scratch build
and
1:25 Scale (14 foot tall) Saturn V – scratch build

Sport Rocketry magazine
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Photo supplied by JonRocket.com
SoAR Rocket Club
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Nov 2013 – Arial video supplied by Roger Smith – JonRocket.com
Georgia Rockets In The Sky
Nov. 2016
Winds would not allow full tower – April 2011
setting up Saturn V for launch
Setting up Nov. 2016 launch
1:25 Scale
(5) motor cluster
1 – center K700 motor
2 – H125 motors
2 – I211 motors
1 – 10′ parachute upper
1 – 15′ parachute lower
Total weight – 58 lbs
Tellus Science Museum with Al Worden - Apollo 15 CMP
Photo with Al Warden –
Apollo 15 CMP
setting up at Commerce Dragway
3rd Launch 2013
setting up for 1st launch 2013
First Launch 2011
Saturn V last launch Nov_2024
6th Launch Nov. 2024
1:48 Scale – December 2010
showing 1/25 scale and 1/48 scale
!:25 Scale and 1:48 Scale
Saturn V w/ new LUT
Nov 2024 launch with new tower
launch of 1/48 scale Saturn V
1:48 Scale Launch 2010
setting up 1/48 scale launch
1:48 Scale
Thanks to Michael Burke for use of his drawings of the Launch Umbilical Tower
Saturn V CSM
Details of Command Module
showing construction
Construction of 1:48 Scale
details of Saturn V lower section
Serial # for Apollo 11
1/48 Scale
showing lower section
showing launch pad
Launch Platform of 1:48 Scale
showing launch pad
showing Launch Platform
showing Fin/Faring construction
Fins/Fairings before painting
Many thanks to John Pursley for his invaluable
help with the fairings.
showing parachute chamber
Showing inside of parachute chamber of 1:48 scale
showing motor tubs at bottom of rocket
Showing 5 motor cluster of 1:48 scale
showing construction plans
Drawings of 1:25 Scale
showing construction plans
Drawing of 1:25 Scale
IS IS ROCKET SCIENCE – by Monica Helms (SoAR member)