Comrades:

For the record, Duende is Spanish for Imp, Goblin or Hobgoblin.

Also for the record, I can't think of any place I've ever launched that would be big enough for a Goblin on an E.

It is cool, though.

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NAR 79743
NARTrek Silver
I miss being SAM 062

Awaiting First Launch: Too numerous to count
Finishing: Zooch Saturn V; Alway/Nau BioArcas; Estes Expedition; TLP Standard
Repair/Rescue: Cherokee-D (2); Centuri Nike-Smoke; MX-774
On the Bench: 2650;
Dream Stage: 1/39.37 R-7

Baby Diablo?

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Baby Diablo? In Spanish: Diablito


Not exactly baby devil, it translates more like a small spirit of a house, more "Imp" than "Goblin." Dueno de la Casa (owner of the house) shortened to Duende is what the Internet says is the word origin and that's about right; Duende is what all of the unexplainable stuff that happens in an older house gets blamed on.

For a fabulous short story, read The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was one of my favorite stories from my youth.

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NARTrek Silver
I miss being SAM 062

Awaiting First Launch: Too numerous to count
Finishing: Zooch Saturn V; Alway/Nau BioArcas; Estes Expedition; TLP Standard
Repair/Rescue: Cherokee-D (2); Centuri Nike-Smoke; MX-774
On the Bench: 2650;
Dream Stage: 1/39.37 R-7

It lost a fair amount of altitude due to windcocking, but 1500' seems like a possibility. We saw the puff of smoke and someone noticed that there had been a separation. I was really looking forward to seeing that big streamer come down, but never saw it until it was in the dirt.

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Bill Eichelberger
NAR 79563

http://wallyum.blogspot.com/

I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: Centuri Design Contest F-150 Hurricane 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 Semroc Cyber III

Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2

Dave's not here, man.

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Bill Eichelberger
NAR 79563

http://wallyum.blogspot.com/

I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: Centuri Design Contest F-150 Hurricane 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 Semroc Cyber III

Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2

No, this was in the WSR cornfield in Cedarville, OH. It's........expansive. We had two guys touch a mile on Saturday, but only one was recovered.

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Bill Eichelberger
NAR 79563

http://wallyum.blogspot.com/

I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: Centuri Design Contest F-150 Hurricane 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 Semroc Cyber III

Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2

Bill and Lee,

That's a great flip-flop paint job!

Bob
p.s. I'd be mortified to launch a Goblin on a D-12 much less an E

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Some new flyers here in Colorado have been going crazy with Goblins. Drag races, redoing fins with plywood, thru-wall replacements. (Toby Vanderbeek / Vanderburn Rocketry has them now if anyone is so inclined. )
Also flying them on F motors. One guy did his in reverse colors, but had no decals, so I printed him some in yellow. So, I only stumbled on the idea for reversed colors which led to reversed-color decals

I feel somewhat embarrassed admitting that I have never built a Goblin. But mine is getting built. It’s a bit modified. I have a few Goblin nose cones (Estes sold a 4 or 5 pack a few years ago on clearance.) After doing a set of decals for BT60 tube size, and having a BNC-55AO Goblin cone, some design changes were in order. Two tubes sizes, BT60 and BT55) are used, a balsa transition, the 55 nose cone, and one more mod. It had to have a different motor configuration. I have added the 18mm dual, canted motor mount used in the Fliskit Dueces Wild. (I bought a few of these, and the Tres-type 3-motor model, in various sizes from Fliskits during the “Going Out of Business Sale”. Sadly, it looks like these are no longer sold separately.)

I will post pictures once I am a little further along.

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Lee Reep
NAR 55948

Projects: Semroc Saturn 1B, Ken Foss Designs Mini Satellite Interceptor
In the Paint Shop: Nothing! Too cold!
Launch-Ready: Farside-X, Maxi Honest John, Super Scamp

One of the few models I managed to have from my first rocketry period (~1968-1974) was a Goblin that was built and had the fins and nose cone filled but was unpainted (well, un-doped since that's what I was using then). It finally got painted and flown after I retuned to the hobby in 2009. I've also built one of the Semroc Retro-Repros and one of the Estes reissues (with the plastic nose cone). This latter was a proof-of-instructions build alongside an Estes SLV.

I don't fly them often as they always seem to pop a fin on landing, even on a soft field. Something about the mass of that 24mm motor case and a streamer (even the looooooooong one of the original) I guess.

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