I wanted to do something similar to the old Estes USS Atlantis, which was a long star trek themed rocket, I needed to keep weight in the rear at a minimum for a rocket glider so used one warp pod instead of two, and then did shapes as star-trekkie as I could, modified the nose to have the deflector dish inset.

35" long, 22" wingspan, 2.6" diameter, uses MPF for wings and depron for the vertical support with a carbon rod for strength. Weight is 12 oz rtf , Flights were perfect right off the drawing board with no trim changes,

NCC 2187 USS Forrestal RC Rocket glider Star Trek Inspired (1 min 21 sec)

USS Forrestal NCC 2187 Star Trek inspired RC Rocket Glider (1 min 17 sec)

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Here are three projects I did in parallel, the UFO Invader was themed on the old Centuri rocket kit, the Fireball XL-5 was as close as I could get while still having a decent glider and the Maurader is a top intake cruise missile styled model. All are around 10.5-12.5 oz rtf, use 2.6" tubing, and MPF and are 20" wingspans and 32-33" long.

Fireball XL-5 RC Rocket glider (1 min 31 sec)

UFO Invader RC rocket glider flight (1 min 37 sec)

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I did a torture test yesterday, 10 flights on E-20PW rocket motors, these give about a 150mph boost speed, and unless the glider is perfectly trimmed it would be a disaster since there is no time to steer I recommend the E-6 longburn motors since you get the same altitude at a bit less per flight cost and you have plenty of time to steer on the way up.

Dynasoar Rocketry HABU rocket glider, 10 flights on E-20PW motors (8 min 22 sec)

I decided to work up a new kit version of my SR-71 profile I did a few years ago, to use a split tube above and below the fuse/wing profile and do tubes for the nacelles but just do them on the top to save tail weight. The SR-71 has very little of the nacelle below the wing line in any case. I worked with a local rc club mate to do some 3-d printed intake cones that have flow through, and some top and bottom pieces for the cockpit and battery access in the front. I've done three versions, an SR-71 version, an A-12 single cockpit CIA version where I used sharpie pen to make the wing corrugations and panel lines before spraying silver, and a one off version of a YF-12 interceptor. On the YF-12 instead of splitting the tube I slotted it so that the normal nose cone would fit into the tube, because of this the chines are a bit shorter than scale.

The first two kit runs are sold. 39" long, 21.5" wingspan, 13.25 oz rtf using a 24mm E-6 rocket motor. This kit is about 15% larger than the old hobbylab kit, with 33% more wing area at about the same flight weight. Instructions so you can see how it went together at: http://dynasoarrocketry.com/?page_id=1424

Some videos, the last video was an early prototype without markings, but that I was able to do two carrier type arrestor hook landings with

Dynasoar Rocketry HABU/A-12 rocket glider kit flights (2 min 59 sec)

RC YF-12 Rocket glider flight (1 min 20 sec)

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