Rocketman Plans to Launch Scale Model Saturn V

Every once in a while, you hear a local news story that is just kewl. I though this was worth a few paragraphs here. Not too far from me, especially in the context of this topic, dwells a gentleman who has earned the nickname "rocketman". I first heard about in this article.

Ohio resident Steve Eves is an auto mechanic by day and a very serious model racketeer by night. Steve is building a scale Saturn V to commemorate the 40th anniversary moon launch. From the looks of the photos, I wonder when he sleeps. According to the same article;

"If Eves’ rocket flies, many in model rocket circles believe it would be the heaviest hobby rocket ever launched."

The local news story had my interest up and after a few Google searches, I had some more appreciation of just how large this thing is. According to a post over at rocketry online. The 1:10 scale Saturn V is going to be over 1600 pounds and 36 feet tall. Hopefully he will be able to continue to fund this monster project he started constructing in 2007.

Over at this three page Ohio.com article, Mr. Eves states he is about halfway funded for the 13,000 dollar motors he will need to launch his hobby 5000 feet into space.

Pretty kewl stuff in my opinion and kinda has the "Astronaut Farmer" feel to it. I know I will be checking in at Rockets Magazine’s Saturn V Project Page. Rockets Magazine is sponsoring the project and also has a nice gallery of photos of the progress. I hope he can actually launch this in 2009 as planned. Best regards in your project Mr. Eve’s!