Bride of Bar Fly High Power Model Rocket

Bride of Bar Fly: 3-Inch High Power Model Rocket Builder's Kit

Change Log:

12/29/2025:  Updated 1-piece Fincan with fin fillets - somehow a version without fillets made into my master model collection

12/30/2025: Updated the Nosecone Cap and AV Bay for a better fit

Meet Bride of Bar Fly — the compact chaos monkey who looked at the 4-inch Bar Fly and said, “Cute. Move over.” She’s a sassy 3D-printed high-power rocket for builders who already know what they’re doing and aren’t afraid to make the LSO flinch. If you’re looking for a gentle intro to rocketry, keep walking. Bride of Bar Fly is here to cause problems on purpose.

She’s inspired by the legendary Black Fly, cloned with attitude, and then downsized for speed, spite, and maximum launch field drama. If you want a professionally built kit, check out the Black Fly on Mac Performance's website. If you want a rocket that might roast you mid-assembly, you’re in the right place.

Parts List (a.k.a. The Stuff You Get to Play With)

• Nosecone Tip - Yes, it’s the nosecone tip. No, you may not boop it

• Blank AV Sled – Threads into the Nosecone base because it’s planning something.

• Nosecone Base Section – Where your AV sled rides first class and judges your wiring.

• Fincan + Fincan Coupler – The structural backbone that keeps her aerodynamically stable and emotionally unavailable.

• AeroTech 54mm Motor Case Analog - for setting your motor tube aft location

• OpenRocket Simulation File – Zipped up for convenience (and Printables compliance).

• Build Guide – The most hand-holding you’re gonna get. She’s not here to babysit.

Safety Gremlins Say What?
Yes, Bride of Bar Fly is spicy-motor friendly. Yes, she’s compact and aerodynamic. But she still obeys the laws of physics, aerodynamics, and the RSO who will absolutely vaporize your dignity if you show up with bad adhesives and worse decisions.

Print strong. Build smart. Use decent epoxy and filament. Follow your local safety codes like the responsible gremlin you pretend to be. Bride of Bar Fly wants to fly — not scatter herself across the launch field like confetti.

This is a builder’s kit.
Bride of Bar Fly isn’t here to hold your hand. She’s not a “snap‑fit, hope‑for‑the‑best” kind of rocket. She’s a builder’s kit, which means you make the decisions — filament choice, adhesives, electronics, recovery setup, all of it. If you want a rocket that tells you exactly what to do, Estes has a lovely line of rockets to choose from.

She’s here to reward precision, punish sloppiness, and look fantastic while doing it. Every choice you make shows up in the air: your tolerances, your glue discipline, your print settings, your “eh, that’s probably fine” moments. She remembers all of it.

If she lands clean, you earned it.
If she lawn darts, well… she will haunt your dream.  I'm not kidding.

Bride of Bar Fly doesn’t do sympathy. She does accountability — with style.

Now go download her and make something loud.
Bride of Bar Fly is watching.
And laughing.

I’ll be posting a companion thread on The Rocketry Forum for this build. You can follow along, share your own flights, and enjoy the side-eye that everyone shoots my way every time I let Bride do something questionable.

If you enjoy this model and kit, I would love for you to post a Make (with pictures and videos) as well as a Like.  I also have a BuyMeACoffee page, and a donation would be appreciated if you can.