Saturn V Parts

My Apollo Saturn V Castings

In order to fly my Estes Apollo Saturn V with Aerotech "E" and "F" reload motors, I decided to strengthen the Command Module/Escape Tower area at the top of the rocket as well as the fin/fairing area at the bottom of the rocket.

The Escape Tower on top of the Command Module is notorious for being damaged during flight or landing. I decided to make my escape tower area solid plastic instead of the fragile scaffolding of the original. I cast everything from the Command Module to the top of the rocket as one piece.

The original fin/fairing assembly is vacu-formed plastic and has very little strength. I decided to cast the assembly as one piece and make the fairing wall thicker to take the higher launch loads as well as withstand the impact of landings.

Here are the items I cast for the Estes Apollo Saturn V model rocket.

	The Apollo Saturn V Command Module and Escape Tower Assembly. My casting is on the left. The original (with the clay still in the scaffolding) is on the right.
	The Saturn V Fin and Fairing Assembly. My casting is on the left. The vacu-formed original parts are on the right.

I'm planning on constructing my Saturn V in the very near future. I'll post my construction results after I've finished. I'm already looking forward to showing a picture of my Saturn V lifting off for the first time.

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This page was created: October 31, 2001

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