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Cherokee-D
Sheryl got ahead of me and released the Cherokee-D. I was going to wait until we had at least three to update the web pages. I have to try harder to stay ahead of her!
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Carl McLawhorn NAR#4717 L2 semroc.com |
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Awesome. Keep it up Sheryl, and keep trying hard to stay ahead of her Carl ! I'll look at releases one at a time ! Just add them to my list to buy !
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Great news. I will be getting one the next time I order!
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Placed an order his afternoon. Carl -- You were waiting to have three kits. What are the other two??
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Well, you can't keep a cat like that in the bag for too long... The Cherokee-D is a rocket that I have been meaning to build for longer than I can remember. Now it will be easier than ever.
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Mark S. Kulka NAR #86134 L1,_ASTRE #471_Adirondack Mountains, NY
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This looks like the pre-Damon short body tube version if my calculations are correct.
Overall length is 21.8" and a BNC 55AC nose cone is 5.4" which leaves a body tube length of 16.4". Cool. I always liked the looks of the short version better. I speculate that they used that body tube and cone because they were same ones that were in the Arcas kit and it was a good way to use up excess inventory. Later on they went to a plastic cone and 18" body tube. I guess I'll have to get one to go with my Cherokee-C
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I always liked the shorter version better as well. I thought that they went to the longer tube because of stability with the plastic nose cone, but Rocksim belies that. I think you are correct that they used up all the 16.4" tubes and reduced the number of separate parts to keep in nventory. The BT-55V was used in several kits, but the BT-55 was used in many more.
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Carl McLawhorn NAR#4717 L2 semroc.com |
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Curiousity begs the quesiton - what is the subject of yoru avatar? One of yorus or another's?
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Quote:
From original Semroc 1969 cover. Never was built! It was based on DynaSoar.
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Carl McLawhorn NAR#4717 L2 semroc.com |
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As you originally envisioned this, was the tube a constant diameter and then narrowed through the nosecone? Or did the airframe narrow from the tail cone to the nose?
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