... This kit is in the cover of Matt Irvine's book. Title escapes me, and frankly, the book escapes me. The boosters aren't really tapered, as I recall, and...
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petealway@...
Aug 1, 2003 11:02 am
In a message dated 7/31/03 8:44:08 PM, j-steven-york@... writes: << Not at all, I'd guess. The R-7 didn't actually fly until well into 1957, and I suspect...
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petealway@...
Aug 1, 2003 11:06 am
In a message dated 7/31/03 8:49:16 PM, loadtheboat@... writes: << Hope to meet some of you other old coots there. Start out sometime Saturday at the...
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Aug 1, 2003 11:08 am
In a message dated 7/31/03 9:02:22 PM, j-steven-york@... writes: << > I just looked it up and it's actually the opposite. It was 1958 ... As soon as one...
... Yeah - and I have done what you described in some circumstances, but its not easy because it requires having a parts "library" of sorts, which most...
... point to the main rocket were influenced by the Soviet R-7? I doubt that prior to 1957 (when the XSL-1 kit was issued) there was much visibility into the...
I did this with a 24mm streak -- I scaled everything up to 24mm and painted it fluorescent orange to make it visible, then used an ejectable 13mm motor mount ...
Thanks, Peter. I had a feeling that images of the vehicle didn't cross the iron curtain till much later, but I wasn't certain enough of it to say so. Real...
Thanks for the info, SR. It sounds like the "XSL-01" was not a real design after all. In the eBay ad for the model the guy stated, "This is an authentic...
The Jimmy is packed with my half of the stuff. I'm heading up to Randy's bright and early and we hope to hit the road around 7 am. I hope we can fit all of his...
... charge? ... I, for one, will never know, as my lifespan is far too short to await the reentry from deep space of my Estes Steak! It was my very first ...
... await ... first ... I ... I've been there! At least the mylar tube holds up to rain and dew a lot better than paper tubes. If you were lucky you might...
I went to this link:http://www.maxthrust.net/Content-Library-28-12-12.html And I found this: (see picture) Does anyone have more information on this one? Oh...
...and found a couple misplaced Steely Dan CDs. Oh, yeah, also refound the instructions for the Centuri Red-Eye and Powr-Pad, some roach gnawed instructions...
Cox had a starter set with a pad, plastic altude measuring gun which became the Estes Altrack. The rocket was scale looking with a payload section ( maybe two...
... Yes and yes. -- Scott D. Hansen NAR# 73268 SR WOOSH NAR Section #558 http://www.wooshrocketry.org Ye Olde Rocket Shoppe - Your One Stop BAR Shoppe! ...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3141069412&category=2567 The funky looking rocket with the black fins and the silver jet looking nose cone....
... Some type of scratch-built. Looks highly unstable to me. ;-) -- Scott D. Hansen NAR# 73268 SR WOOSH NAR Section #558 http://www.wooshrocketry.org Ye...
The rocket I believe was their Nike Zeus. I also think they had a started set with a Honest John in it. John W. Sarosi NAR #30396 ... From: "wcurtin1962"...
Yup I had the Nike Zeus and the pad I got both for a garage sale when I was a kid.. When Estes re-released the Cox line they did not release the Nike Zeus...
I was talking about the Rocketry Science Set (the one on the right). The other link is the pad I was talking about. Thanks for the links. ... From: "Scott D....
