This is my first Vaughn Brothers rocket. It comes in a box with 3 pages of good instructions. It has 3 body tubes, one 34" and two 17", and a 25.5" long 54mm motor mount tube. You must cut the unmarked fin slots yourself. The 1/8" fiberglass fins use through-the-wall (and to the motor mount) mounting. It uses three 3/16" plywood centering rings. It comes with excellent recovery mounting hardware, including a U-bolt with a 1" flat nylon strap to attach the shock cord to. It even comes with T-nuts and predrilled rear centering ring. There were no factory problems with the kit. The only things I replaced in the kit are the 18' elastic shock cord with 5/8" tubular Kevlar®, and an Aero Pack motor retainer instead of the T-nuts. I am also using ROCKETMAN R9C and drogue parachutes. I am also using HeatShield parachute and shock cord protectors from Pratt Hobbies. I constructed the kit a little different than stock to be able to use dual deployment, with the electronics bay in the coupler. I also fiberglassed the body tubes with a layer of 5 oz. cloth followed by a layer of 2 oz. cloth. These changes make the rocket 50% heavier than the estimated weight of 80 oz. if built stock.
Dia: 4.0"; Length: 82.3"; Wt.: 121 oz. (7 lbs, 9 oz.); Motor (1): 54mm
Manufacturer recommended motors: I211-6W, J275-10W, K185-10W
Status: Active.
| Flt | Date | Motor | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1) | 9/19/98 | K550-W | Excellent flight! Dual deployment worked as planned. My first successful K motor flight. IA-X96 reported 8146 feet, 14.4 Gs, 617 max mph. |
| 2) | 10/24/98 | J350-W | Nice flight, with the dual deployment working as planned. IA-X96 reported 2932 feet, 12.7 Gs, 305 max mph. |
| 3) | 11/28/98 | I284-W | Nice flight, with the dual deployment working as planned. IA-X96 reported 2132 feet, 11.0 Gs, 253 max mph. |
| 4) | 1/30/99 | J180-T | Excellent flight, dual deployment worked as planned. IA-X96 reported 3320 feet, 5.4 Gs, 276 max mph. |
| 5) | 1/30/99 | J180-T | Another excellent flight, dual deployment worked as planned. IA-X96 reported 3350 feet, 6.0 Gs, 284 max mph. |
| 6) | 2/27/99 | J275-W | Another excellent flight, but the main parachute didn't deploy as the batteries failed. Broke a fin-body joint. IA-X96 reported 3592 feet, 6.9 Gs, 339 max mph. Repairs completed 3/17/99. |
| 7) | 3/25/99 | J135-W | Nice flight, slow off the pad with some weathercocking. Dual deployment worked as planned. IA-X96 reported 4696 feet, 4.8 Gs, 333 max mph. |
| 8) | 3/25/99 | I284-W | Excellent flight, dual deployment worked as planned with the main chute deploying right overhead. IA-X96 reported 2167 feet, 13.2 Gs, 255 max mph. |
| 9) | 4/11/99 | J460-T | Excellent flight, dual deployment worked as planned with the main chute deploying close by. IA-X96 reported 3663 feet, 10.4 Gs, 376 max mph. |
| 10) | 4/11/99 | J275-W | Another excellent flight, dual deployment worked as planned. IA-X96 reported 3646 feet, 7.9 Gs, 349 max mph. |
| 11) | 5/08/99 | J180-T | Another excellent flight, but main chute deployed early. IA-X96 reported 3388 feet, 5.8 Gs, 285 max mph. |
| 12) | 5/08/99 | J350-W | Another excellent flight, dual deployment worked as planned. IA-X96 reported 2859 feet, 11.0 Gs, 303 max mph. |
| 13) | 5/29/99 | J350-W | Nice flight, dual deployment worked as planned. IA-X96 reported 2907 feet, 12.3 Gs, 311 max mph. |
| 14) | 5/30/99 | K550-W | Excellent flight, dual deployment worked as planned. IA-X96 reported 7875 feet, 14.3 Gs, 612 max mph. |
| 15) | 6/19/99 | J275-W | Nice flight, dual deployment worked as planned. IA-X96 reported 3757 feet, 7.1 Gs, 341 max mph. |
| 16) | 6/19/99 | J275-W | Another nice flight, dual deployment worked as planned. IA-X96 reported 3652 feet, 7.0 Gs, 337 max mph. |
| 17) | 7/10/99 | I284-W | Nice flight, dual deployment worked as planned. IA-X96 reported 2103 feet, 10.5 Gs, 254 max mph. |
| 18) | 9/24/99 | K700-W | Excellent flight. IA-X96 reported 11,142 feet, 23.4 Gs, 800 max mph. |
| 19) | 9/24/99 | K700-W | Another excellent flight. IA-X96 reported 10,897 feet, 23.5 Gs, 822 max mph. |
| 20) | 9/25/99 | K550-W | Nice flight. IA-X96 reported 8164 feet, 14.2 Gs, 621 max mph. |
| 21) | 9/26/99 | K700-W | Excellent flight. IA-X96 reported 10,944 feet, 21.7 Gs, 797 max mph. |
| 22) | 10/9/99 | J275-W | Nice flight, dual deployment worked as planned. IA-X96 reported 3650 feet, 6.7 Gs, 335 max mph. |
| 23) | 5/13/00 | J275-W | Nice flight, dual deployment worked as planned. Kicked out the 54/852 motor casing and the Aero Pack retainer. IA-X96 reported 3664 feet, 6.9 Gs, 331 max mph. |
| 24) | 9/15/00 | K700-W | Excellent flight, dual deployment worked as planned. IA-X96 reported 11,101 feet, 22.2 Gs, 822 max mph. |
| 25) | 9/17/00 | K700-W | Excellent flight. IA-X96 reported 11,131 feet, 21.3 Gs, 819 max mph. |
| 26) | 10/14/00 | J275-W | Excellent flight. IA-X96 reported 3,572 feet, 6.5 Gs, 328 max mph. |
| 27) | 3/17/01 | J275-W | Excellent flight. IA-X96 reported 3,517 feet, 7.2 Gs, 330 max mph. |
| 28) | 4/22/01 | J275-W | Excellent flight. IA-X96 reported 3,487 feet, 7.8 Gs, 330 max mph. |
| 29) | 6/16/01 | J275-W | Excellent flight. IA-X96 reported 3,662 feet, 8.0 Gs, 335 max mph. |
| 30) | 6/23/01 | K700-W | Excellent flight. IA-X96 reported 10,600 feet, 20.0 Gs, 801 max mph. |
| 31) | 6/24/01 | K700-W | Excellent flight. IA-X96 reported 10,473 feet, 20.3 Gs, 795 max mph. |
| 32) | 7/21/01 | J415-W | Nice flight. IA-X96 reported 5024 feet, 10.9 Gs, 490 max. mph. |
| 33) | 8/18/01 | J275-W | Nice flight. IA-X96 reported 3,655 feet, 8.3 Gs, 339 max mph. |
| 34) | 9/8/01 | J315-R | My first Redline motor. IA-X96 reported 3,116 feet, 8.6 Gs, 336 max mph. |
| 35) | 9/14/01 | K695-R | Nice Redline motor. IA-X96 reported 7,152 feet, 16.2 Gs, 636 max mph. |
| 36) | 3/16/02 | J315-R | Nice Redline motor. IA-X96 reported 3,149 feet, 8.9 Gs, 329 max mph. |
| 37) | 4/20/02 | J350-W | Nice flight. IA-X96 reported 2,856 feet, 13.7 Gs, 312 max mph. |
| 38) | 5/18/02 | J350-W | Nice flight. IA-X96 reported 2,810 feet, 15.6 Gs, 306 max mph. |
| 39) | 6/15/02 | J415-W | Nice flight. Main deployed early at 1000 feet. IA-X96 reported 4988 feet, 12.3 Gs, 492 mph. |
| 40) | 6/28/02 | K700-W | Nice flight. Lost, found the next day. Unable to retrieve data. |
| 41) | 6/29/02 | J415-W | Nice flight. End of body tube damaged by dragging in the wind. IA-X96 reported 5,725 feet, 11.5 Gs, 491 mph. |
| 42) | 7/20/02 | J350-W | Nice flight. IA-X96 reported 2962 feet, 16.5 Gs, 310 mph. |
| 43) | 8/10/02 | I284-W | Nice flight. IA-X96 reported 2168 feet, 10.3 Gs, 263 mph. |
| 44) | 8/10/02 | I284-W | Nice flight. IA-X96 reported 2079 feet, 10.3 Gs, 249 mph. |
| 45) | 8/16/02 | J360-A | Nice flight on 6 grain Pro38. IA-X96 reported 3211 feet, 12.9 Gs, 393 mph. |
| 46) | 8/17/02 | K670-GG | Excellent flight on the Animal Works Green Gorilla motor. Uncalibrated AltAcc reported 7609 feet, 21.8 Gs, 802 mph. |
| 47) | 8/18/02 | I366-R | Nice flight on the Redline motor. Missile Works RRC2 reported 2231 feet. |
| 48) | 10/19/02 | I284-W | Main deployed at apogee - I wired the charges wrong. Missile Works RRC2 reported 2171 feet. |
| 49) | 6/27/03 | CTI K1320 | Manufacturer's demo. Cesaroni 2300 Ns "White Thunder motor. Awesome flight. Forgot to secure altimeter, so was ejected when main deployed, not found. |
| 50) | 6/29/03 | J400-SS | Cesaroni Smokey Sam motor. Nice flight. AltAcc 2C did not record data. |
| 51) | 7/12/03 | J330-A | Cesaroni standard propellant motor. Nice flight. PrefectFlight altimeter worked as planned, reported 3093 feet. |
| 52) | 8/16/03 | J330-A | Cesaroni standard propellant motor. Nice flight. PrefectFlight altimeter reported 3142 feet. |
| 53) | 9/05/03 | K550-W | Nice flight. PrefectFlight altimeter reported 7314 feet. |
| 54) | 9/06/03 | K695-R | Nice flight. PrefectFlight altimeter reported 7237 feet. |
| 55) | 9/06/03 | K1275-R | Nice flight. PrefectFlight altimeter reported 9321 feet. |
| 56) | 9/06/03 | K550-W | Nice flight. PrefectFlight altimeter reported 7197 feet. |
| 57) | 9/07/03 | K550-W | Nice flight. PrefectFlight altimeter reported 7374 feet. |
| 58) | 9/07/03 | K700-W | Nice flight. PrefectFlight altimeter reported 9846 feet. |
| 59) | 10/11/03 | J275-W | Nice flight. PrefectFlight altimeter reported 3455 feet. |
| 60) | 10/18/03 | J315-R | Nice flight. PrefectFlight altimeter reported 3089 feet. |
| 61) | 10/18/03 | J400-SS | Nice flight. PrefectFlight altimeter reported 2752 feet. |
| 62) | 3/27/04 | J315-R | Nice flight. AltAcc 2C did not record data. |
| 63) | 4/24/04 | K695-R | Nice flight. PerfectFlight altimeter reported 7907 feet. |
| 64) | 5/15/04 | J275-W | Nice flight. PerfectFlight altimeter reported 3517 feet. |
| 65) | 6/19/04 | J540-R | Excellent flight. PerfectFlight altimeter reported 5218 feet. |
| 66) | 6/19/04 | J285-A | Nice flight. PerfectFlight altimeter reported 2525 feet. |
| 67) | 7/03/04 | L730-P | Nice flight on the new CTI 54mm L motor. AltAcc altimeter reported 11,362 feet inertial, 9,779 feet pressure. Went 851 mph and 20.7 Gs. |
| 68) | 7/17/04 | J315-R | Nice flight. PerfectFlight altimeter reported 3189 feet. |
| 69) | 7/24/04 | J295-A | Nice flight. PerfectFlight altimeter reported 5813 feet. |
| 70) | 8/21/04 | J315-R | Nice flight. PerfectFlight altimeter reported 3040 feet. |
| 71) | 8/28/04 | K1275-R | Excellent flight. PerfectFlight altimeter reported 9,487 feet. |
| Pictures | Altimeter Data | |
|---|---|---|
| First flight of the Javelin on a K550W. 9/19/98. MPEG movie of the Javelin on a J350W. 10/24/98. (1.9 MB) The Javelin at lift-off on a J275-W. 2/27/99. The Javelin on a J275-W. 2/27/99. The Javelin on another J275-W. 4/11/99. The Javelin on a J350-W. 5/08/99. The Javelin on a J350-W at Medicine Wheel 4. 5/29/99. The Javelin on a K550-W at Medicine Wheel 4. 5/30/99. The Javelin on a K700-W at HellFire 5. 9/24/99. The Javelin on another K700-W at HellFire 5. 9/24/99. The Javelin on another K700-W at HellFire 5. 9/26/99. The Javelin on a J275-W. 5/13/00. The Javelin on a K700-W at HellFire 6. 9/15/00. The Javelin on a J275-W. 10/14/00. The Javelin on a J275-W. 6/16/01. The Javelin on a K700-W at ROC Lake IV. 6/24/01. The Javelin on a J415-W. 7/21/01. The Javelin on a J315-R. 9/08/01. The Javelin on a K695-R at HellFire 7. 9/14/01. The Javelin on a J415-W. 6/15/02. The Javelin on a K700-W at ROC Lake V. 6/28/02. The Javelin on a J415-W at ROC Lake V. 6/29/02. The Javelin on a I366-R at HellFire 8. 8/18/02. The Javelin on a I366-R at HellFire 8. 8/18/02. The Javelin on a J275-W. 10/11/03. The Javelin on a K695-R. 4/24/04. The Javelin on a J275-W. 5/15/04. The Javelin on a J540-R. 6/19/04. The Javelin on a Pro38 J285-A. 6/19/04. The Javelin on a Pro38 J285-A. 6/19/04. The Javelin on a J315-R. 7/17/04. The Javelin on a Pro54 J295-A. 7/24/04. The Javelin on a J315-R. 8/21/04. The Javelin on a K1275-R. 8/28/04. |
I284-W on 3/25/99. J460-T on 4/11/99. J275-W on 4/11/99. J180-T on 5/08/99. J350-W on 5/08/99. K550-W on 5/30/99. K700-W on 9/24/99. |
