Building InFlight's Omega Clone

The Omega was one of my favorite rockets when I was young. When I was about 13 or 14 years old, I saved money for months in order to buy an Omega with the Cineroc movie camera.

I never flew the rocket two-staged. One D motor seemed too large (and too expensive) for me to consider using two. But, I flew the Omega many times as a single-stage rocket.

Fast forward more than 30 years and Inflight's kit arrives in the mail ...

The kit is packaged in a plastic bag.

All of the parts seem to be of the highest quality, from the laser-cut fins to the Hartle Engineering Thermal Rider parachute.

Construction is very straight-forward and all the parts fit together well. I was able to complete the construction in one evening.

The only difficulty I had was applying the decals. The instructions warn you that they are delicate and I managed to tear one. But, I was able to line up the pieces to hide the mistake. And the rocket looked great.

I flew the Omega on a D12-0 staged to a D12-7. The flight was beautiful, but I could barely see it when the parachute deployed. Although, it was a calm day, the upper-stage drifted about a quarter-mile. With the help of a long stick, I was able to retrieve it from a tree.

Watch the First Launch of the Omega in Slow-Motion

The Omega clone is an excellent kit. Thanks to Inflight, an old favorite has joined my fleet of rockets.