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Design of the Month
Winners!
NOTE: The Design of the Month contest is currently on HOLD.
This section will provide links to all of the FlisKits
Design of the Month First Place Winners, by month and year. Click on the
winning entry and enjoy! |
- 2005 NOTE: The DOM contest is currently
on hold
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| May |
Scott Clement - Zenith
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Scott Clement's Zenith design is a
very unique 2-stage concept that will stretch your building skills but produce incredible
results with a model that is sure to attract attention on the flying field.
Congratulations Scott! |
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| April |
Bruce Markielewski
Deltoid
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Bruce really delivers with this
interesting boost glider based on the Deltie BG. Boost Gliders (and Rocket Gliders, for
that matter) belong to a realm of model rocketry that I have not explored as much as I
would like, but I certainly appreciate what goes into the design and flight of these types
of birds. Congratulations Bruce, keep your ideas and designs coming! |
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| March |
Jake Alexander
AOL Hi Speed Internet
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An interesting design by Jake
allows us to live out the frustration with all those "free CD's" that seem to
fill up our mail boxes these days. Congratulations Jake! You're our March
winner! |
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| February |
Greg Elder
NASA Galactic Explorer
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Greg blessed us with a wonderful
entry. One that brings to mind the incredible potential of intergalactic
exploration. This design had many things going for it including simplicity without
being simple, not to mention very *sharp* looking lines to it. Congratulations Greg!
You're our first winner in 2005! |
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Kevin Cocozzoli
Deep Space Probe
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As is our prerogative, we have
decided that the Deep Space Probe deserves special mention (and a prize to go with it!).
This design didn't win for a variety of reasons that we shan't go into here.
However, the beauty of this design can not be ignored. It is reminiscent of the
retro style designs that us "oldsters" recall from the old "Amazing
Story" magazine or even "Mechanics Illustrated" of the 50's and 60's.
With all of the nose cones on this model, this would be incredibly expensive to
build, but if you are anything like me, with respect to rocketry, you may have a stockpile
of suitable nose |
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project. Well the Deep Space Probe is it. Thank you Kevin for this very cool
look *back* to the days of yore. |
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| January |
Closed with no entries |
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| December |
Len Johnson
Archer
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Len sent this wonderful design in
early December and I got the images scan in right away. Unfortunately my schedule
didn't allow me to get these uploaded in a timely manner and in the interim I have
misplaced much of the worded documentation. In any event, this model wins for the
December DOM for its wonderful lines and sharp look with the compound fin. It
appears to have a fairly simple construction and looks like it will really zip into the
air! Thank you Len for this wonderful entry and congratulations! |
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| November |
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Scott Clement - Torpedo |
Scott came up to
me at a recent CMASS launch to show me this unique design making good use of the engine
mount from the Deuce's Wild! kit. Not only was the approach truely unique, but it
was very well implemented as well. The model is simply "attractive", well
assembled and finished to a "T". That she flew beautifully was just
frosting on the cake. While this wasn't an easy choice for 1st place, it certainly
deserves that rank. Congrats, Scott, it's simply wonderful :) |
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| Our 2004 Design of the
Year award goes to Scott Clement for his incredible adaptation
of the Deuce's Wild! engine mount into one of the most unique model rockets I have ever
seen. Presenting a stunning appearance even on the ground, the Torpedo soars into
the air with jets of fire and smoke shoot from its mid-section. This unusual motor
location does not leave any marks or residue on the model after flight. It is simply
beautiful! We have not made a decision as to whether or not this model will be
kitted at this time. Winner - 2004 Design of the YEAR Award! |
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Stefan Grüll - Metal Invader |
Stefan Grüll won out this month
in a month filled with exciting entries. This design really struck our fancy.
It was a mix of her simple lines mixed with a very unusual fin styling. The coloring
was very well selected also. Congratulations
Stefan, great job! |
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| September |
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Nick Adams - Interstellar Probe |
Nick Adams makes his first
contribution to the DOM contest and does so with a winning idea. A unique slant on a
popular design theme, the Interstellar Probe entry comes with highly detailed
documentation and a look that just *screams* 1960's. Attention to detail on the body
markings and strong sense of stability coupled with a very exciting shape earns the DOM
for September. Congrats! |
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| August |
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Henk Siewert - Zwaluw |
Henk has wowed us with a wonderful
design. Thw Zwaluw is an eye catching design that is easy to build and seems to give
very good performance. With a very graceful look to her, and fully detailed
documentation, Henk has done himself proud with this design. Congratulations! |
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| July |
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Doug Gardei - Titan |
Doug has created a monster of a
model here with very conventional components that performs beautifully. It has a
very nice cluster arrangement (if I do say so myself :) ) as well as some very sleek lines
giving it almost a scale air-to-air missile look to it. If you are looking to
scratchbuild a large cluster model, this one is for you! Check it out. |
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| June |
CLOSED |
No Entries for the month of June |
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| May |
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Tim Breland - Lil'
SMoke |
Tim has taken the recent interest
in paper models and used his creativity to come up with a unique twist to this growing
segment to the hobby of model rocketry. Don't let the fact that this was the only
entry fool you, this is a great performing model rocket and is one of those rare babies
that you can just print-n-build! |
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| April |
CLOSED |
No Entries for the month of April |
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| March |
CLOSED |
No Entries for the month of March |
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| February |
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Eugenio Cebollero - Terrier Sandhawk |
Eugenio presents us with another version of a 2-stage
Terrier Sandhawk design. It is interesting to note that both Terrier Sandhawk
designs submitted to the DOM have won first place. Don't read anything into this
though. Sending in a Terrier Sandhawk design does |
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not mean you're going to win! I am
looking forward to seeing this model fly. Perhaps Eugenio and Jason can plan a dual
launch of their two model at some upcoming launch! |
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Tim Breland - Orion |
Tim Breland has
provided us with an interesting design that also has a story, myth if you will, that
accompanys it. Here
is one version of the myth of Orion. The Orion sports a very sleek profile and a rather unique fin arrangement.
It has all the makings of a fine model that could be constructed by even a novice
model rocketeer. Good job, Tim and congratulations on being the first DOM winner for
2004! |
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- 2003 Design of the Year contest CLOSED! Keep watch!
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| December |
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Douglas Gardei - Afterburner DX-3 |
This design just captured me for
some reason. It has cool lines and a real stealthy look. The other judges
agreed and this was our selection for the close of the 2003 Design of the month season!
Congratulations to Doug for all of his hard work in designing, |
| documenting and testing this design. On
a special note: Due to the number of Deuce's Wild! related designs that have been
either submitted to the DOM contest and/or brought to our attention, FlisKits will be
holding a "Deuce's Wild! Bash" contest in the very near future, so keep watch! |
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Jason Toft - Terrier Sandhawk |
Another difficult month (heck, I
may just as well accept that they are ALL going to be difficult! Fortunately, I'm
not the only one making the decisions anymore.) Congratulations to Jason Toft of
Florida for his challenging 2-stage, cluster Terrier-Sandhawk design! |
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first place was the positive recovery of the lower stage. I am hoping to be able to
see this (and all the DOM) models fly at some point. Again, Congrats Jason for your
hard work and unique solution to a long time problem (Gap staging with very long lower
stages). We will be most interested in hearing of other flight logs to see how
reliable the design is. |
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Bruce Levison - Cork Screw |
Congratulations to Bruce Levison
for his unique ring stabilized |
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Screw"! And it just keeps getting better and better, while getting worse and
worse each and every month! October was as hard to judge as September was and our
DOM judges are wringing their fingers over all of the fine entries received. (November
looks to be just as tough too!). We selected the Cork Screw primarily for its
interesting fin styling and detailed documentation. |
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Jim Myers - Deucester Booster |
Call me sentimental, call me a
"sucker for an easy compliment", but I could not just pass by this month without
special recognition for the Deucester Booster by Jim Myers. This is only one of
many, many modifications to the famous Deuce's Wild! kit that have come |
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in the form of a DOM entry. While we did not select this design as the winner for
the month of October, we also did not want to fail to acknowledge the design and the work
that went into making this a stable, flight worthy version of the Deuce's Wild!
design. Kudo's and hats off to Jim for his innovative modification to our trademark
kit. |
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Clive Davis - Papernator |
Congratulations to Clive for his
innovative approach to paper |
| rocketry! And *curses* to September for
being the all time hardest month to judge! All of the DOM events have been a bear to
judge, but September was the toughest! We didn't make this decision lightly, but
rather with a great deal of thought and soul searching. In the end (and this was a
good week after the end of the contest) we decided that the Papernator would be the
September DOM winner. It is simple, classic looking with a touch of retro built in. |
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| August |
No Entries. |
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| July |
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Kevin Johnson - Trireme |
Who's up for triples!?
Congratulations to Kevin for his 3rd win at the FlisKits DOM contest with
his July entry Trireme! I had the pleasure of
meeting Kevin at NARAM 45
and got to see this design up close, including a couple of arrow straight flights! |
| Without question a most unique design and a fun
to fly model. The Trireme side pods give it a Warp-Nacelle appearance making it look
like a starship from the popular TV show. Although the model looks
delicate with those nacelles, she is quite sturdy and turned in some great flights. |
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Daren Humphries - Nebulous Cluster |
We seem to be having a case of
"Doubles" here with the DOM contest with a 2nd win by Daren Humphries!
Congratulations Daren |
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Cluster! This design has many elements that resulted in a win this month. Very
unique lines, but with a clean, fresh look to it. The tail ring looks as though it
belongs on the rocket to serve a functional purpose. Documentation and flight logs
were also a contributing factor with this entry. Just beautiful! |
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Daren Humphries - Freedom Forge Missile |
Congratulations
Daren Humphries for this fine entry to take the coveted Design of the Month award for May!
Daren's entry |
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in a sport model with enough detail to appeal to rocketeers from novice to expert!
The novel look to this design excited us at FlisKits the moment we received it and knew
this was going to be the design hardest to beat for this month. Our hats off to
Daren with hopes that he continues to share his wonderful designs with the rocketry
community and FlisKits! Winner - 2003 Design of the YEAR Award!
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Kevin Johnson - Starship |
Congratulations to Kevin Johnson
for winning TWO DOM contests in a row! Click on the image of his
Starship for details on building this wonderful ship! |
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The DOM contest has many good features, and one TERRIBLE
feature. That of the painful selection process. To pick one winning design
from so many qualified entries is not easy! The Starship by Kevin
Johnson won over the other designs because of it's startling approach to creative use of
design elements. The America's Hero by Jason Toft is a wonderful
design, easily capable of winning the DOM, but the design was lacking in supporting
documentation (assembly instructions/guidelines and parts lists). While these items
aren't required, they certainly help when competing with other outstanding designs.
The Hermes RV-A10 by Frederick Talasco is a beautiful example of a little
known but highly important part of rocketry history and is a spot-on scale model that can
be built by a beginner yet would hold the attention of a master modeler. Either
entry are potential winners in future contests. Don't stop, don't ever give
up! And congratulations to all our entrants! |
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Kevin Johnson - Foxy_BG |
FlisKits would like to
congratulate Kevin for winning not just this DOM contest, but
the first ever DOM contest at FlisKits, Inc.! |
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January: Not applicable as contest
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February: Not
applicable as contest began in March |
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