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Roto-Rockets Catalog
I recently won an auction for a Roto-Rockets Star Banner kit.
I had never seen this one before so I was quite surprised to see it for sale. On the back of the package there's a banner that invites the buyer to send away for a "Colorful Catalog of entire Star Fleet, Star Scan System, and Roto-Rockets". I wasn't aware they had produced a catalog. I asked Danny Sagstetter, who auctioned the kit (he was also the producer of The Rocketeer Collectors Journal), if he had ever seen such a catalog and he indicated he hadn't. Neither did he have a list of the rockets produced by this company. Anybody else ever seen a catalog from Roto-Rockets? The rockets I know of they actually produced are the following (please add to the list if you know of others): RR1 Rotating Space Station Photon Scanner Sailwing and Shuttle Sailwing Replacement Starscan Star Banner |
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RR-2 was a 2-stage version of the RR-1.
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This is the kind of stuff you just don't find on TRF!
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I don't recall Roto Rockets. I have a catalong of Kopter Rockets somewhere around here, though.
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So now I know who outbid me on that one
as for comments - 1) I HAVE seen and held the catalog, and am currently working on aquiring a copy, along with some VERY interesting early 80s HPR stuff - details when I can 2) aprox early 80s. I DEFINATELY recall seeing Rotorocket kits in the Smithsonian Air & SPace Museum gift shop - BT50 ish generic birds... unfortunately had no $ to get any ... 3) I have personally owned the RR1 and RR2 space station kits ( have two in my possession now, one under restoration, other partially built ) . and the Star Scan flex-wing glider ( have pics of this one, will try to scan, it was damaged and not saved - hard to repair please do post the plans when you decide to open her up ~ AL |
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Wow, Al, good memory. The Star Banner package has a Smithsonian Museum price tag on it. The address on the kits was Springfield, Virginia (a division of Frontier Industries). Anybody have any idea who was behind these? A fair amount of engineering went into the RR-1 and Star Scan kits and they used a number of specially made plastic pieces which must have required a fair up front investment. Al, if you manage to get ahold of a catalog let us know. And in the future, if you're going to come in second in the bidding anyway, would you bid a little bit less and save me a buck or two. Steve |
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Some photos of the front and back of the Star Banner kit.
The idea of this kit is that the rocket would eject a wide red, white, and blue crepe paper streamer, or you could replace the streamer with a banner with your school or club name on it. |
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I BOUGHT one from the Air And Space Museum years ago... I no longer have it. I believe I sold it in an auction before Ebay was around.
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I do have some of these online already. http://www.oldrocketplans.com/roto.htm
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Steve, If you do open the Star Banner and/or RR-1 I could use scans of everything to help fill the holes. Thanks.
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