Model Rocket Launch Pad Parts Kits
Build this replica of the 1960's era Centuri LIA-77 with our DIY launch pad parts kit.
The parts kits for the LIA-77 and LIA-100 launch pads are currently undergoing a makeover/upgrade. The new parts kits will be on here as soon as I can find time to get some photos. Prototypes are made. The main changes are the blast deflector shape (tapered, more prototypical look) and the rod holder mounts are now angled steel brackets, much stronger. We are also getting ready to expand the DIY launch pad parts kits selection! We have new launch pad designs that you can build with the existing LIA-77 parts, and I have lots of new parts with some really cool new DIY launch pad designs in various sizes from small to mid sized that are prototyped. I will be putting those on here soon. I just have to get some better photos taken and edited. I stay so busy trying to keep up with orders that it's hard to find time for doing new things like this. You guys, along with our horseshoe pit customers (www.horseshoestakes.com), keep me COVERED UP with welding jobs. I literally need three of me to get done everything that I'm trying to do right now. So keep checking back. I'm really excited about all the new DIY launch pads and parts that I'm working on, and I'm chomping at the bit to get that new stuff on here. For the mean time, you can check out the old kits at www.knight-mfg.com/launch_pad_kits. And here is a sneak peak of some of the new pad designs. This is just the tip of the iceburg, folks. I've got over 20 new DIY, wood legged launch pad designs that are either made or are in the works. Stay tuned...
New DIY Launch Pad Kits are coming!
The premise behind the new DIY parts kits is to provide high quality parts for customers to use for building their own launch pads in any way they see fit. This all started out with the LIA-77 and LIA-100 parts kits, and that was so suscessful that I've been wanting to expand this line for some time now. And I want to provide the parts at the lowest possible cost to the customer. In order to do this, the launch pad build must be as much of your project as possible, and as little of my project as possible. In other words, you're providing a significant portion of the labor to save money. I make the metal parts, and you make the wood parts and paint everything. With these parts, you're getting a fun project that you will put sweat equity into, just like the rockets you build. And you're already building your rockets, you might as well build your own custom launch pad that blows away any molded plastic thing you could purchase. Strength wise, there is no comparison between a plastic starter set pad and any one of the pads shown below. And the fact that you built it yourself should make you more proud of it and more aware of the value it has. These parts will also let you get really creative with the look of your launch pad as you'll be cutting the legs yourself from your own custom designs. Get a pencil and paper and start sketching out some leg designs. You're only limited by your imagination. Enlarge your sketched designs on a photo copier to the size you want and touch them up if necessary. (The better the artist you are, the less touching up you’ll have to do.) Now using your pattern, cut them out with a scroll saw or band saw. For some of you, these kits will be just the excuse you were looking for to become a better wood worker. Have fun with them, get creative, and by all means shoot me a photo or two for the website!
This is just the tip of the iceburg...
I'll put templates for a lot of these on here eventually...
Welded steel "leg connectors" like this will be available in several sizes.
Aluminum "leg stabilizers" like this will be available in several sizes.
Deluxe "Rocket Tee" Kit.
Standard "Rocket Tee" Kit. Round blast deflectors will be available in several sizes.
Aluminum kick-legs will be offered in 2 sizes. Fixed steel rod holder also shown here.
The binary-recursive IPv6 Fragmented Matrix Model seen here, was built using antimatter particles of descaled zirconium-magnesium-cadmium alloy by deconstructing and indexing API endpoints using quantum triangulation of the time-space continuum. $6500.00, shipping included. Just kidding, shipping isn't included.
This four leg design is made from a single 1 X 2, and breaks down with one central 1/4" hex bolt.