05-15-2019, 08:43 PM
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Retired with Way Too Many Kits
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Colorado
Posts: 3,222
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Originally Posted by Quasar
Hey, guys,
Would someone with the 1969 kit be so kind as to measure the length of the body tube that the instructions list as "030466 L.E.M. body tube", please? I was ordering some parts from Estes and went ahead and got the plastic LEM shroud for my #2001 kit. Now, I have to shorten the body tube to put it between plastic shroud and the capsule. Thanks. |
Mike,
I’m doing the same to my old (30th Anniversay Edition) #2157 Saturn V. Just got the LEM shrouds last week. I also bought the injection molded fin sets last year to upgrade from the vacuformed fins. I ordered 3, but should have ordered about 5 or 6. I have several more #2157s, a #2001, and several Saturn 1Bs still unbuilt. I have a built, but unpainted 1B, but don’t think I’ll change the shroud on it.
I just measured my Saturn 1B and the Service Module is 44mm (1.735”) long. I assume that’s what you want. (Is this called the LEM body tube by Estes?) I would assume that part is the same length, whether Saturn V, or Saturn 1B.
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