This is the Dr. Zooch Rockets Mercury Redstone flying model rocket kit. It is a model that represents the rocket that sent the first American, into space! But this kit is much more than that- it is designed to give the builder a choice of building it to represent ANY of the Mercury Redstone flights- MR-1A, MR-2, MRBD (Yes you get all you need for the obscure, but historically critical MRBD flight), MR-3 (Freedom 7) or MR-4 (Liberty Bell 7). This kit contains NO plastic parts and is designed to be flown with the escape tower on- like it’s supposed to fly- not with the tower off like a squirming hatch-blower would fly it. This is an average skill level kit- but the escape tower is a complex build and will require patience and direction following.
The kit is based on a T-60 tube and, when fully constructed stands 23.5 inches tall with a 4.15 inch fin-span and has a basic empty weight of 3.2 ounces. It is single stage and uses a standard 18mm motor, such as a B6-4 (NO engines are included with the kit). This is an average skill level kit, meaning that most modelers can build and fly it successfully. All of the primary parts are either wood or paper. So buy it, build it and make spaceflight history come alive!
