Wooooooooosh:
April 25th, a 1/10th scale model Saturn V with a cubed crudload of rocket engine punch is ready to take off and become the largest ‘model’ rocket ever flown…
Placed together side by side in the aft end of the forty-inch wide rocket, the motor tubes that will house all of these rocket engines look small and insignificant. But these nine motors will provide more than 8,000 pounds of thrust-enough power to pick up a Volkswagen Beetle and throw it a half mile through the air. This motor combination will ensure a thrust-to-weight ratio at takeoff of nearly five to one, said Eves, critical to achieving and maintaining a stable flight.
The total cost of the propellant is not cheap: The fuel price alone, including the motor cases, will exceed $13,000. The ammonium perchlorate in those cases will burn up in less than ten seconds. These nine motors must lift the Saturn V-now expected to weigh more than 1,700 pounds-safely off the pad. “The motor combination of eight N motors and a central P motor dwarfs the power plant of the Liberty Project,” said Neil McGilvray, a member of the 2004 Liberty Project team. “This will be the most impressive display of raw power ever witnessed on an amateur rocket-the visceral impact to the senses is going to be overwhelming.”
No freaking doubt. Jeeze, I would love to see this.