tbzep
03-24-2008, 06:10 PM
I picked up this little set off ePray last week. It arrived today. Not sure how old it is, but both sections of launch rod are steel, vs. later aluminum base and brass upper. It has some old D size "photoflash" specialty batteries with it, just like in the catalog pics. The pneumatics seem to be sealed and functional, but I don't know if I'll ever try to launch anything with it.
I don't recall the Servo Launch System being bundled with the Screaming Eagle, so I guess the original Astro-1 is gone. There are several Sure-Shot ignitors with it, but the thermalite has become so brittle that you can't make the ignitor without the pyrogen coming off the wire.
As you can see, it's missing the blast deflector. I could use the one from my Powr-Pad, but I'd like to get hold of another one if possible. If anybody has an extra one cheap (used, rusty, etc), let me know. :)
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y283/tbzep/Rockets/DSC_0002-2.jpg
The Screamin' Eagle is missing its nosecone. If anybody wants to sell me one cheap, let me know. IIRC, it's a PNC-89. The motor hook is bent out. I don't see a way to repair it because the spring steel will need to bend much farther back into the mount to straighten it. It had some old fiberglass wadding crammed in the body tube so tightly that I thought I was going to tear the thing apart pushing it out with a dowel rod. It finally came out. The body tube is heavier than the one from the Screamin' Eagle starter set I have. I believe this one is considerably older. The blue fin can is considerably lighter in color than the other one I have, but nothing else seems to be faded or yellowed from the sun. I'm not sure if they sold a batch that was lighter, or if it has faded. It has an even color all the way through, unlike most sun faded plastics.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y283/tbzep/Rockets/DSC_0003-2.jpg
Oh...there was a small present stuffed in the motor mount that wasn't mentioned by the seller, but I'm tickled to get it. Can anybody give me some history on Estes green motors? This one was made in 1973.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y283/tbzep/Rockets/DSC_0006-2.jpg
I don't recall the Servo Launch System being bundled with the Screaming Eagle, so I guess the original Astro-1 is gone. There are several Sure-Shot ignitors with it, but the thermalite has become so brittle that you can't make the ignitor without the pyrogen coming off the wire.
As you can see, it's missing the blast deflector. I could use the one from my Powr-Pad, but I'd like to get hold of another one if possible. If anybody has an extra one cheap (used, rusty, etc), let me know. :)
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y283/tbzep/Rockets/DSC_0002-2.jpg
The Screamin' Eagle is missing its nosecone. If anybody wants to sell me one cheap, let me know. IIRC, it's a PNC-89. The motor hook is bent out. I don't see a way to repair it because the spring steel will need to bend much farther back into the mount to straighten it. It had some old fiberglass wadding crammed in the body tube so tightly that I thought I was going to tear the thing apart pushing it out with a dowel rod. It finally came out. The body tube is heavier than the one from the Screamin' Eagle starter set I have. I believe this one is considerably older. The blue fin can is considerably lighter in color than the other one I have, but nothing else seems to be faded or yellowed from the sun. I'm not sure if they sold a batch that was lighter, or if it has faded. It has an even color all the way through, unlike most sun faded plastics.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y283/tbzep/Rockets/DSC_0003-2.jpg
Oh...there was a small present stuffed in the motor mount that wasn't mentioned by the seller, but I'm tickled to get it. Can anybody give me some history on Estes green motors? This one was made in 1973.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y283/tbzep/Rockets/DSC_0006-2.jpg