The V2 Models

I've always liked the V2 and when I first started considering HPR, I purchased the LOC components to make a 4" diameter, 1/16 scale V2. It was under construction for a long time and is finally finished but hasn't flown. It will fly on G-I motors. In the meantime, I have made 3 others. The tiny black one is an Apogee Micro V2, approx. 1/88 scale. The camouflage one is a 1/25 scale made of BT-80 and Estes nose cones for the nose and tail. It flies on D and E motors. It crashed in 1999 because the ejection charge on a D9 reload never happened. It has been repaired. The purple one is a 1/40 scale, made from BT-60 and BMS cones. It is the same size as the old Centuri V2 and flys great on B-D motors.

If you are interested in building your own V2, several kits are available in sizes from BT-20 to 7.6" diameter. There are a variety of nose and tail cones available from Balsa Machining Service for "Model rocket" size V2s. I'm sure they have BT-50, BT-55 and BT-60 size cones. The 4" LOC nose cone is the proper profile but you will need two of them. The second is cut off and converted to the tail cone. I think the same thing can be done with the 5.5" and 7.6" cones. There are several vendors including Aerospace Specialty Products, Public Enemy Rockets, Apogee Components, LOC Precision, Public Missiles, Limited and probably some others I have not listed. Another important resource for the scratch builder is the V2/A4 Resource Site. I would also strongly suggest checking out the V2 section of Peter Alway's Rockets of the World available from Saturn Press. The following chart gives you base scale data needed to build your own V2.

My Fleet	Description	BT Size (OD)	BT Length	NC Length	TC Length	Scale

	T-2+ (MicroMaxx)	0.281	0.90	0.73	0.62	231.32
	TT T-3	0.375	1.20	0.98	0.83	173.33
	TT T-4	0.448	1.43	1.17	0.99	145.09
	BT-5	0.544	1.74	1.42	1.20	119.49
*	BT-20	0.736	2.35	1.92	1.63	88.32
	Rogue T-22	0.850	2.71	2.22	1.88	76.47
	T-.908 (ST-8)	0.908	2.90	2.37	2.01	71.59
	BT-50	0.976	3.11	2.54	2.16	66.60
	29mm motor tube	1.210	3.86	3.15	2.68	53.72
	BT-55	1.325	4.23	3.45	2.93	49.06
	BT-56	1.300	4.15	3.39	2.88	50.00
*	BT-60	1.637	5.22	4.27	3.62	39.71
	Rogue T-45	1.750	5.58	4.56	3.87	37.14
	Aerotech 1.9	1.880	6.00	4.90	4.16	34.57
	T-2.04 (ST-20)	2.040	6.51	5.32	4.51	31.86
	BT-70	2.217	7.07	5.78	4.91	29.32
	54mm motor tube	2.260	7.21	5.89	5.00	28.76
*	BT-80	2.600	8.30	6.78	5.75	25.00
	3" LOC/PML	3.100	9.89	8.08	6.86	20.97
^	4" LOC/PML	4.000	12.76	10.43	8.85	16.25
	T-4.476	4.546	14.51	11.85	10.06	14.30
	5.54" LOC	5.540	17.68	14.44	12.26	11.73
	6.15" PML	6.155	19.64	16.05	13.62	10.56
	7.67" PML	7.672	24.48	20.00	16.98	8.47
	11.6" PML	11.660	37.21	30.40	25.80	5.57

My Fleet indicates the ones I have built (*) or that are under construction (^)

Description is what the tube is commonly called

Tube OD is the outside diameter of the body tube, all scale data is based on the original V2 which has a diameter of 65"

BT Len. is the length of the cut body tube which represents the straight portion of the rocket

NC Len. is the approximate exposed length of the nose cone

TC Len. is the length of the tail cone

Scale is the scale factor, how many times the model size the original would be. For example, the BT-80 version is a 1/25 scale.

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