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Jeff
09-29-2010, 08:32 PM
I'm interested in attempting my own HPR Fireball XL5 construction. Does anyone here have plans and or info available related to Fireball XL5 construction that they're willing to share? This is what I've found so-far:

http://homepage.mac.com/srogers4/rockets/mid/fireball/construction.html

http://www.rocketreviews.com/reviews/all/decuce_xl5.shtml

http://www.rocketreviews.com/reviews/all/scratch_fireball_xl5.shtml

Please advise. Thanks!

:)
samb
09-30-2010, 12:40 PM
This site has free plans for a nice paper model. Seems like you should be able to make it fly. Been in my round tuit pile for a year or so.

http://pierrespapermodels.com/free.aspx


I'm interested in attempting my own HPR Fireball XL5 construction. Does anyone here have plans and or info available related to Fireball XL5 construction that they're willing to share? This is what I've found so-far:

http://homepage.mac.com/srogers4/rockets/mid/fireball/construction.html

http://www.rocketreviews.com/reviews/all/decuce_xl5.shtml

http://www.rocketreviews.com/reviews/all/scratch_fireball_xl5.shtml

Please advise. Thanks!

:)
GregGleason
09-30-2010, 01:42 PM
Is this what you need?

From: http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~bat/GA/fireball-specs.html

http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~bat/GA/IMG/fireball-blueprint.gif

Greg
rstaff3
09-30-2010, 02:29 PM
This site has free plans for a nice paper model. Seems like you should be able to make it fly. Been in my round tuit pile for a year or so.

http://pierrespapermodels.com/free.aspx

Yup. You can ;)
Bill
09-30-2010, 02:43 PM
I'm interested in attempting my own HPR Fireball XL5 construction. Does anyone here have plans and or info available related to Fireball XL5 construction that they're willing to share?


I do not have my copy handy to look it up, but I seem to recall there are plans for the Fireball XL5 in the Spaceship Handbook from ARA Press.


Bill
rstaff3
09-30-2010, 03:46 PM
No plans there, only a short discussion. There are rough plans for some of the Thunderbirds in an appendix.
jharding58
09-30-2010, 04:22 PM
Is this what you need?

From: http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~bat/GA/fireball-specs.html

http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~bat/GA/IMG/fireball-blueprint.gif

Greg

It's what I need...this looks a candidate for a BT-60. Not sure where there is a precut transition that long, but perhaps you could maintain a parallel BT all the way to the cone.
jharding58
09-30-2010, 05:32 PM
While we are on this tack - has anyone seen anything resembling a drawing of Anastasia from Dan Dare? I have a small white metal model, but if there is anything a little larger I think I cna go from there. The thought first crossed my mind when building a Quest M2Q2 and the elliptical formers.
GregGleason
09-30-2010, 08:20 PM
I remember this show from when I was a kid, although I was pretty young. I also recall my dad buying me a plastic model of it, which I thought was very cool. It's one of the earliest models that I can remember from my youth.

Greg
CPMcGraw
09-30-2010, 08:34 PM
It's what I need...this looks a candidate for a BT-60. Not sure where there is a precut transition that long, but perhaps you could maintain a parallel BT all the way to the cone.

Use an internal core of BT-50 and a paper transition (think Sat1B LEM shroud) with plenty of centering rings. The BT-60 and the paper shroud then just become the outer "skin".

Also, look at the design from a smaller perspective. It's just a Gyroc with bumps and an upper vertical spine. As long as the proportions are kept similar to the Gyroc, the model should fly reasonably well. Watch the CG and CP margin (use the BT-60 as a reference diameter), and add ballast if needed.
jharding58
09-30-2010, 08:57 PM
Or, if you had the money to spend and could still find one...

ENA Models Fireball XL5 1:72 scale, 3 feet long, hollow cast GRP cockpit with clear vac-formed canopy. Interior cockpit detail with white metal Steve Zodiac and clear cast Robert the Robot figures. Vac-formed body with GRP wings and fins. Decals. Limited edition of 100. Price £150.00 plus postage in May 1997.
Jeff
10-01-2010, 03:21 PM
You guys are good. Thanks!

Best regards,
Jeff Estes

http://www.youtube.com/sportrocketry
dwmzmm
10-03-2010, 08:45 AM
I remember this show from when I was a kid, although I was pretty young. I also recall my dad buying me a plastic model of it, which I thought was very cool. It's one of the earliest models that I can remember from my youth.

Greg


Greg - Check out You Tube; I think there's plenty of Fireball XL-5 episodes there (I've watched a few of them).....
Brain
10-06-2010, 03:13 PM
While we are on this tack - has anyone seen anything resembling a drawing of Anastasia from Dan Dare? I have a small white metal model, but if there is anything a little larger I think I cna go from there. The thought first crossed my mind when building a Quest M2Q2 and the elliptical formers.
I have a copy of the Dan Dare 1950s Annual that was published about 10 years ago or so, and it has several pages from the magazine that show the ship. Look for some images attached...
Brain
10-06-2010, 03:14 PM
One more...
migbuster
11-02-2010, 09:47 PM
I found a Fireball XL-5 plan in Model Rockteer issue Aug 1983.
stefanj
11-02-2010, 10:20 PM
I remember, barely, watching Fireball XL-5 as a be-diapered toddler. Great theme song! I loved the show, but never got any of the toys.

One of the members of LUNAR had a bunch of elaborate Dan Dare spaceship models. I recall that the cones were made of some kind of composition material. Paper mache sort of stuff.