Steve Eves formerly held the world record for the tallest and heaviest amateur rocket ever successfully launched. The rocket was tall and weighed .Coburn, David. Rocket Record: The Largest, Heaviest Amateur Rocket Ever Launched . popularmechanics.com. Retrieved on 04-28-2009 On Saturday April 25, 2009 Eves launched the 1/10 scale replica of the Saturn V rocket into the air, and successfully recovered it.Dell'Amore, Christine. World's Largest Model Rocket is a Blazing Success. news.nationalgeographic.com. Retrieved on 04-28-2009 The launch occurred on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay under supervision of the Maryland-Delaware Rocketry Association. The rocket was powered by a matrix of nine motors: eight 13,000Ns N-Class motors surrounding a central 77,000Ns P-Class motor, for a total of 181,000Ns.
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