I'm not big into folk, but of that 60's folk genre, it's my favorite by far. I can invision Arlo and Ray Stevens sitting down to write songs together!

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I love sanding.

If you are REALLY bored, you could buy plastic tablecloths at your local dollar store to make your own streamers. And no need to stick to typical 1” or 2” widths. Make them metric if you want.

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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

I’ll go and get some crepe paper. I’ll take the VW Microbus with shovels and rakes and implements of destruction.

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Never trust an atom. They make up everything.

4 out of 3 people struggle with math.

Chemically, alcohol IS a solution.

NAR# 94042
SAM# 0078

Just don't hang out with the mother rapers, or FAAATHER rapers!


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I love sanding.

“The Vixen” and I play that song several times every Thanksgiving Day. (Along with the “Motorcycle Song [the significance of the pickle]”.

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Never trust an atom. They make up everything.

4 out of 3 people struggle with math.

Chemically, alcohol IS a solution.

NAR# 94042
SAM# 0078

and..................................voila!

At the Lowe's in Fultondale, AL I hooked myself up with enough day-glo pink flagging tape to make streamers for the rest of my life.

Thanks for the help, guys!

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Never trust an atom. They make up everything.

4 out of 3 people struggle with math.

Chemically, alcohol IS a solution.

NAR# 94042
SAM# 0078

Is there a basic rule of thumb as to what width and length streamer is adequate? I recently built an Estes Wasp BT60 upscale. The original used a streamer, and I would like to use a streamer in this one too...

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Fleet : http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k...Rocket%20Fleet/

http://youtube.com/swillie

Personally, I don't think I would use a streamer in ANYTHING that's BT60 based. What does the model weigh?

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4 out of 3 people struggle with math.

Chemically, alcohol IS a solution.

NAR# 94042
SAM# 0078

Well I am not home to weigh it at the moment. I have a 12" parachute in it now as I felt the same way. However this has an E sized 24mm mount and it's going to drift far on an E9. I did get a chute release from Santa that I can't wait to try, maybe that is the ticket.

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Fleet : http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k...Rocket%20Fleet/

http://youtube.com/swillie

The oft quoted rule of thumb is 10 to 1, but I can't say that I've ever really gone by that. Whatever size, in both dimensions, that seems appropriate to spot at apogee then go with that. Width-wise though it starts to get a bit cumbersome in most average sized rockets to go beyond three-four inches or so.

It seems many of the Centuri kits I have built over the years generally use 1" wide material, but the length is typically much longer than 10". The Centuri Minimax kits that had streamers used something about 4" wide.

Earl

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Earl L. Cagle, Jr.
NAR# 29523
TRA# 962
SAM# 73
Owner/Producer
Point 39 Productions

Rocket-Brained Since 1970