Found this little one in a box of kit builds and scratch builds yesterday.

While I'd like to think it's a scratch build, I've spent all day thinking about it and I'm still unsure. It has some of the details I was playing with in ~ 2006, but that doesn't mean it isn't a kitbash.

BT-55 tube 8 3/4" long. OAL 14", balsa cone, flush rear centering ring, single launch lug, 1/8" balsa fins - papered, dual 13mm cluster, baffle and Kevlar shock cord. Bad paint job.

Any thoughts? If it's an original it's a Cape Byron kit later this year.

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I don't know of any kits ever using a 2x13mm cluster.

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I have three, but just because I had the ring sets laying around. A Big Bertha, a Red max and one scratch build that has since floated away. AND we forgot about the ThunderStar, the X-Prize kit.
That said, I'd bet significant body parts that the rocket in question is a scratch build.

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Build floor: FRW Maverick AGM-65B StickerShock Vader Max

In paint: Centuri Stellar Hercules, Estes Indicator, Long Tom, Luna Bug, Nike Apache, Ricochet, Solar Warrior FRW Star Blazer XL Quest Intruder Red River Stratos, Semroc Cyber III, Excalibur, Firefly, S.P.E.V., Texas Firefly

Ready to fly: Estes Nova Scout Ship Semroc Point

But it's 2x13mm, not 18mm.
Makes no sense and I know of NO KITS that have ever clustered 13mm engines.

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Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't !

I plugged the measurements into OR and it sims to 400ft. Maybe a nice park flier and an introduction to clustering on a budget; motors are expensive here in Oz.

It shows obvious signs of having a number of flights and successful recovery. Limited market, but I only sell about 8-10 kits a month anyway.

Might be time to update a few parts and get on with testing when the burn bans finish.

Thanks for the input, Guys. Much appreciated.

Missed that detail. Definitely a scratch build.

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Bill Eichelberger
NAR 79563

http://wallyum.blogspot.com/

I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: FRW Maverick AGM-65B StickerShock Vader Max

In paint: Centuri Stellar Hercules, Estes Indicator, Long Tom, Luna Bug, Nike Apache, Ricochet, Solar Warrior FRW Star Blazer XL Quest Intruder Red River Stratos, Semroc Cyber III, Excalibur, Firefly, S.P.E.V., Texas Firefly

Ready to fly: Estes Nova Scout Ship Semroc Point