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Forum: Vendors
Today, 12:17 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 525
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Oh yeah? My kind have it soundly beaten, and...Oh yeah? My kind have it soundly beaten, and free of charge, no less--"Where we go, *everything* grows!" :-) |
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Forum: Scale & Sport Scale Rocketry
05-16-2013, 02:36 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 81
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blackshire
Bare-Metal Foil (see: www.bare-metal.com ) sells...Bare-Metal Foil (see: www.bare-metal.com ) sells decal film that enables decals to be made with a computer. |
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Forum: Model Rocket History
05-16-2013, 02:13 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 774
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blackshire
I've seen it (and heard it, via conversations in...I've seen it (and heard it, via conversations in hobby shops) happen--"This one's better, it's a 'see-six-SEVEN!'--while they were buying an accompanying rocket kit that required shorter-delay... |
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Forum: Building Techniques
05-16-2013, 10:54 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 110
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blackshire
Placing a launch lug along a fin root also...Placing a launch lug along a fin root also reduces the interference drag. If the model is very long, two launch luglets (short lugs) can be used, spaced equally above and below the rocket's Center... |
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Forum: Model Rocket History
05-15-2013, 10:16 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 774
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blackshire
Thank you! Now that you mention it, the...Thank you! Now that you mention it, the "staging igniters" (fuses--I never got around to building my Centrixes, and gave them and their motors to the Dade County Rocketry Association before I moved... |
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Forum: Current Kit Talk
05-15-2013, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 379
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blackshire
It could be worse...the original (BT-70) Estes...It could be worse...the original (BT-70) Estes Gemini Titan-3 (GT-3) scale kit came with a paper paint pattern wrap for the Titan II booster, and its markings were transferred to the model by... |
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Forum: Model Rocket History
05-15-2013, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 774
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blackshire
Thanks to Carl seconded! That raises a staging...Thanks to Carl seconded! That raises a staging variation (which the Europeans may have introduced many years ago) that Tim Van Milligan (Apogee Components) utilized in the 1990s with his Centrix... |
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Forum: Current Kit Talk
05-15-2013, 08:02 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 325
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blackshire
I haven't tried this with yellow glue (although I...I haven't tried this with yellow glue (although I think this would also work with it), but for gluing "tight" joints such as this one, I've had good results by first heating white glue before... |
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Forum: Current Kit Talk
05-15-2013, 07:43 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 379
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blackshire
I've heard "screed" used to refer to a...I've heard "screed" used to refer to a written work or message, but I don't know if that's a proper or a slang usage. |
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Forum: Building Techniques
05-15-2013, 07:31 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 204
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blackshire
I shall do that! In addition to balsa/paper...I shall do that! In addition to balsa/paper lamination tests, I also have a few odds-and-ends balsa nose cones that I'll try it on, as a wood grain filler. The owner of the local "Model's... |
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Forum: Building Techniques
05-14-2013, 10:19 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 204
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blackshire
Last night I ordered a 5/8 ounce tube of it, and...Last night I ordered a 5/8 ounce tube of it, and I'm going to try it (on scrap balsa) as a wood grain filler and as a paper laminating glue.I agree, but for my limited proposed application the... |
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Forum: Current Kit Talk
05-14-2013, 09:35 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 379
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blackshire
Although I haven't ever seen them tried on model...Although I haven't ever seen them tried on model rockets, lacquer-transfer decals might also work well on them. A late friend of mine was a big Hammond Organ fan (he had several of their organ... |
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Forum: Current Kit Talk
05-14-2013, 08:48 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 186
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blackshire
When I helped schools with their rocket programs...When I helped schools with their rocket programs (and the teachers did usually choose Alpha and Alpha III kits because of their familiarity with them), the packing space problem was a non-issue. In... |
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Forum: Current Kit Talk
05-14-2013, 08:10 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 186
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blackshire
I share that wish (even if they used a...I share that wish (even if they used a pre-colored white body tube rather than the old "painting required" brown kraft paper body tube). The "mod" colors of many of today's rocket kits--and even of... |
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Forum: Building Techniques
05-13-2013, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 204
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blackshire
Testors non-toxic cement for plastic modelsHello All, The Testors non-toxic (tube-type) cement for plastic models (it comes in an "alicorn lightning pale blue" tube) came up in Reply #10 in *this* thread about the Estes Generic E2X bulk kit... |
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Forum: FreeForAll
05-13-2013, 07:09 PM
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Replies: 10
Poll: Mars! Would you go?
Views: 271
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blackshire
They don't; both moons follow direct (prograde)...They don't; both moons follow direct (prograde) orbits. Seen from the surface of Mars, though, the inner moon Phobos rises in the west and sets in the east because it orbits Mars much faster than... |
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Forum: Current Kit Talk
05-13-2013, 09:54 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 186
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blackshire
I was just thinking of getting a 3-pack for...I was just thinking of getting a 3-pack for myself...but I do know a local teacher who might be interested in the 25-kit bulk pack. The last I checked (last year), HobbyLinc didn't ship to Alaska,... |
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Forum: Current Kit Talk
05-13-2013, 09:46 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 325
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blackshire
Ah--that sounds similar to the UHU Bond-All...Ah--that sounds similar to the UHU Bond-All (which may still be available), which would bond plastic to paper (and soak into the paper before curing, creating a "miscible anchor"). It worked very... |
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Forum: Current Kit Talk
05-13-2013, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 186
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blackshire
I would, except that they don't ship to Alaska......I would, except that they don't ship to Alaska... :-( |
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Forum: Current Kit Talk
05-13-2013, 03:54 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 186
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blackshire
Estes "MI-TI" kits...Hello All, I came across someone who is selling the Estes "Make It-Take It" kits, the red/white/blue Athena RTF-like rockets that the Boy Scouts use for record-setting mass launches, on eBay (see:... |
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Forum: FreeForAll
05-13-2013, 03:38 AM
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Replies: 10
Poll: Mars! Would you go?
Views: 271
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blackshire
The view will certainly be tremendous...as...The view will certainly be tremendous...as Patrick Moore described in his 1998 book "Patrick Moore on Mars," the planet Uranus is a naked-eye object from Mars, and so are numerous Main Belt... |
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Forum: Current Kit Talk
05-13-2013, 02:54 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 325
Posted By
blackshire
Thank you for this information--those sound...Thank you for this information--those sound sufficiently long to largely prevent "Estes Dents."I used the tube-type Testors cement for plastic models to glue that type of fin unit to the motor mount... |
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Forum: Current Kit Talk
05-12-2013, 01:27 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 325
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blackshire
At the risk of offending Estes (although Rick...At the risk of offending Estes (although Rick Piester, the self-described "Centuri kid" on Estes' staff, would likely be pleased), maybe you should suggest to them: "Since you're officially Centuri... |
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Forum: Mission Control
05-12-2013, 01:09 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 597
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blackshire
Well...that is a seldom-mentioned advantage of...Well...that is a seldom-mentioned advantage of our hobby, although none of us enjoy "exercising" it--our flying models are *much* cheaper than the R/C flyers' (although a detailed scale model rocket... |
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Forum: Model Rocket History
05-11-2013, 08:31 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 774
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blackshire
Don't forget parallel staging and vented gap...Don't forget parallel staging and vented gap staging, *both* of which are illustrated and discussed in G. Harry Stine's "Handbook of Model Rocketry." Vented gap staging is similar to Centuri's... |
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