05-19-2019, 03:33 AM
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Officially Middle-Aged Rocketeer
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 1,356
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Originally Posted by SEL
For my next trick I will attempt to turn the bottom half of a NCR Corporal purchased on ebay
in to a NCR Orbit. The Aerofoam (TM) nose cone is in fine shape, and I have a BMS T88-34 BT
that is an exact replacement for the NCR BT-18. All I need is a 29mm motor mount to fit and I'll
be in business. The Orbit was one of my favorite flyers on the Vulcan E55 and E60 motors. Below is the ebay listing and page from the '87 NCR catalogue. More to follow.
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(21 Months later) Cooking right along: The fins are cut out, 1 of them is air-foiled, the holes are drilled along the fin markings for the epoxy rivets and the motor mount is assembled.
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