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flybuoy 12-04-2016 02:27 PM

First Model Rocket in 1960
 
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This was ordered from the Central Rocket Company in Wisconsin . We still have the tube it was shipped in; we use to store a flag.

mojo1986 12-04-2016 04:26 PM

Wow! Nice stuff!

tbzep 12-04-2016 04:39 PM

That looks just like that weird stuff falling on Lambeau field today! :cool:

stefanj 12-04-2016 10:50 PM

Never heard of that company.

Plastic nose cone is new, but the spin fin unit was sold by Estes, for the BT-40, for a few years. I actually found one on a beach in 1970 or so, and used it on a scratch built model.

Thanks again for the cool photos.

PaulK 12-10-2016 09:37 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by flybuoy
This was ordered from the Central Rocket Company in Wisconsin . We still have the tube it was shipped in; we use to store a flag.
Cool!

mojo1986 12-11-2016 08:27 AM

The nose cone in this old kit appears to be the same as the old red rubber one last sold by Estes around 1965. It's described and illustrated on pages 52-53 in the Estes 651 catalog. Catalog number 651-PNC-40H, illustration H, fits a BT-40 body tube.

Joe


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