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Thanks for all the advice everyone!
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Fred, Do you think the new Quest D5 would make any difference? What about adding an extra washer or two on the motor pod in order to move the CG forward and get better stability? I have flown the bird and I never had the issues you spoke of, but I did manage to take out a baseball stadium light with the last flight! Robert |
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Richard, If no one has suggested, I will submit the following: Guillows makes a foam shuttle for ~ $3.00 and their now OOP Balsa build up shuttle. Just do a search on ebay... these are sometimes sold by the case. The $3.00 foamy is 10" in span and would make a great conversion project. You could even make a full stack for it. The now OOP Balsa/Plastic/Tissue kit can be found on ebay from time to time. The price is typically $15 - $20 and spikes to over $100 every time a shuttle is lost. You could also build a full stack for this kit. With micro R/C gear you could convert both kits to R/C. Good luck, Robert |
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Another launch, another successful flight from the Foam Brick of Death.
No fires, no deaths to report. The orbiter glided back to within 10 ft of the landed pod, again. Sweet! Sadly I forgot to shift the rod back to vertical when the wind suddenly died down so it wasn't a very high flight. I also had a problem with the motor mount but it's fixable. I don't know what else to tell you. I didn't get my shipment of D13's last week in time for the launch so check back next month. |
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Guillow makes a very similar one (please see the links in postings #1 and #4 *here*: http://www.oldrocketforum.com/showt...5681#post205681 [the Guillow foam Space Shuttle gliders are also available cheap on ebay www.ebay.com ]). I hope this information will be helpful.
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