Does anyone know of a source for 2.5 inch OD clear plastic tubing? I have a desire to take one of the on-sale at Fry's Estes Partizon kits and make 2.5 upscale Nova Payloader out of it. But the critical piece would be the clear payload section. Any ideas, anyone?

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Bernard Cawley
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Amazon has some that is about 1/8th inch in thickness 2.5 inch OD

Clear Plastic Tube

These guys sell acrylic tubing of all sizes.

USP

That stuff would be heavy...and a squeeze for the nose cone shoulder....but it's a start. Funny - when I did a Google search for 2.5 inch clear plastic tubing, my post just like this one on TRF came up on the first page. Funny, that.

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You mean the one with ten views and not a single reply? That's bang for your buck.

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I just Googled it. That is funny. Well good luck. That's a neat idea for a project you have going there if you can get the right type of tubing you want.

I happen to have a Nova Payloader in my current fleet. It's been built for almost a year and has never left the ground. I don't deserve to own it with that sort of neglect. I might have to remedy that pretty soon.

David

Is this http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/it...27244&catid=841 what you are looking for?

oh good, now I don't have to suggest us plastic .
Rex

Are the PSII kits BT80ish sized ? or actual 2.5" od ? ( have not picked any up = $$ )

I got some thin walled 2.5" id tubing from McMaster Carr that loosely fits a BT80 cone, Semroc BT80HD cone had correct od, so it can be made to work.

Astronot: go fly it! I have 47 flights on mine and it's looking pretty ratty, but it still flies nicely.

tmacklin: that should work very well - it would be an almost perfect match with the body tubing with just a slightly thinner wall (.008 thinner). That is easily coped with.

Green Dragon: PSII tubing sizes are here: http://forums.rocketshoppe.com/showthread.php?t=11765

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You will find that US Plastics are good people to deal with.