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Rusty
So, getting back on the horsie after 9+ months. This weekend I started thinking seriously about a project that I'd hinted at on my blog back in April, upscaling the MRN Moonraker, a great looking, but TINY BT-20 to BT-5 bird. It just begged to be upscaled to either a BT-55/50 or BT-60/55 bird. I dusted off the abacus and got to cipherin'. Turns out the BT-60/55 size appealed to me more, so I dialed up eRockets and ordered a nose cone and transition. They arrived yesterday. Just as I ordered them. I got the transition right, but the nose cone was supposed to be a BT-55 series and I picked BT-60. Bad news is that my project will be on hold until I get the chance to sit down and figure out which BNC-55 cone will look closest to the BNC-5W that the original kit had. Good news is that I now have a BNC-60 cone to design something around.
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Bill Eichelberger NAR 79563 http://wallyum.blogspot.com/ I miss being SAM 0058 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 |
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Welcome back pardner!
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Rohde NAR 89414 SAM 0114 NARtrek Silver 2015 motors - 1469 n/s (200 flights) 2016 motors - 1238 n/s (175 flights) 2017 motors - 1/2A-4, A-26, B-52, C-47, D-6, E-7, F-3 = 1238 n/s (138 flights) 2018 motors - 1128 n/s (104 flights) 2019 motors - 2241 n/s (189 flights) 2020 motors(thru 7/25/20) - 1/8A-1, 1/2A-3, A-14, B-23, C-27, D-11, E-6, F-2 = 876 n/s (81 flights) |
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At this rate, I'm a newbie again. I should start a glue thread.
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Bill Eichelberger NAR 79563 http://wallyum.blogspot.com/ I miss being SAM 0058 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 |
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Just what we need
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Rohde NAR 89414 SAM 0114 NARtrek Silver 2015 motors - 1469 n/s (200 flights) 2016 motors - 1238 n/s (175 flights) 2017 motors - 1/2A-4, A-26, B-52, C-47, D-6, E-7, F-3 = 1238 n/s (138 flights) 2018 motors - 1128 n/s (104 flights) 2019 motors - 2241 n/s (189 flights) 2020 motors(thru 7/25/20) - 1/8A-1, 1/2A-3, A-14, B-23, C-27, D-11, E-6, F-2 = 876 n/s (81 flights) |
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Wouldn't hurt. We love talking about glue. Welcome back! BTW, I got access to a large format scanner that "might" be capable of digitizing the AVI Astroport Encyclog. What's it been? Nine years?
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I think about that every now and then. Last week I was looking at scanners that could scan all the really odd sized negatives my family used over the years. I've been getting assailed with ads ever since.
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Bill Eichelberger NAR 79563 http://wallyum.blogspot.com/ I miss being SAM 0058 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 |
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We haven't had a decent glue thread in years.
Welcome back, Bill !
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When in doubt, WHACK the GAS and DITCH the brake !!! Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't ! Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY. ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, TURMOIL, FIASCOS, and HAVOC ! |
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A GLUE thread? Really? What we REALLY need is a sanding sealer thread! We haven’t had one of those in a good 5 minutes—maybe even longer.
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Right.
Sanding sealer has been the "chemical du jour", hence we need to switch to GLUE.
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When in doubt, WHACK the GAS and DITCH the brake !!! Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't ! Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY. ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, TURMOIL, FIASCOS, and HAVOC ! |
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What about lacquer thinner? You know, the real stuff? We need a thread on that cause you can thin fillers and sealers with the real stuff.
BTW, why don't they make scented candles with the scents of lacquer thinner, acetone, freshly mixed concrete, fresh drywall, original Hoppes #9, or even used motor oil? You know...stuff we like to smell.
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