Ya reckon there was a reason the original had an 18mm motor mount?



Cool. The Citation Patriot is too pretty to lose.

[QUOTE=tbzep]Ya reckon there was a reason the original had an 18mm motor mount?

Oh yes. I do have an interchangable 20/50 motor mount so 18 mm motors can also be used.
I use this interchangable motor mount for the Squirrel Works Gremlin, the Estes Patriot (the
one pictured in the previous post) and my little girl's Estes StormCaster. To date, only the
Gremlin has actually used the 18 mm (C6's) several times.

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Just come to think of it, I still have (in the bag) the Estes WASP kit. It uses the same nosecone as the Wolverine. Hey, I could build both models and simply switch the nosecone
according to which will fly...How does that sound?!

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IIRC, the Wolverine is solid silver and the wasp is yellow and white. Your nosecone would reflect the catalog paint scheme on one of the models. However, it would get you by until you got around to ordering a nosecone from Carl.

Yes, you're right; I had thought the WASP's NC was silver. Just went to check the online
catalog at Ninfingers and it's the section on the bodytube just below the NC that's silver.
Glad you pointed that out. Maybe I could make "my" Woliverine mostly all white with some
red stars as the decals...

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I'm trying to clone this puppy, and have a couple of questions:

1) What thickness are the fins of the original? 1/16 or 3/32"?

2) Where do I get the pattern for the canopy? It's not in the plans posted at JimZ's.

Thanks,

Bill

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But then, a couple of hours later, I flew my Maxi-Alphax4 and this time, ended up losing it for
good:

http://www.challenger498.org/galler...26/FH000012_001

http://www.challenger498.org/galler...0013_001?full=1

Because of this loss (plus others I've had here), I'm not sure I'll be flying at McGregor
again in the future. At any given time during the day, you'll see a handful of rocketeers
in the downrange area looking for their (lost) model rockets...

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Let me know if this doesn't work and I'll e-mail it to you.

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Build floor: Centuri Mini Dactyl Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle

In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II, Xarconian Cruiser Semroc Cyber III

Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2

If it's the same as the WASP, the fin thickness is 3/32". Someone posted a pattern of the
nosecone earlier in this thread; otherwise, I think BMS or SEMROC has a balsa copy of this
nosecone & someone makes either a resin or vacuformed copy. Will have to do a search
to remember who it is...

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Looks good, Bill - Thanks!

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