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RWmarlow 02-25-2010 07:44 PM

Enerjet Nike-Ram Clone
 
This has tempted me for years...it seems simple enough to do, and i think it would be the right size for the Quest D motors \, ie: be recoverable...any ideas? anyone cloned, flew original or bought the canadian re issue?

Ltvscout 02-25-2010 07:47 PM

Bob Sanford built a bunch of them.

http://www.oldrocketforum.com/showthread.php?t=1177

RWmarlow 02-26-2010 06:23 AM

Nike Ram Clone
 
Thanks for the Info...armed with a parts list and fin patterns..I carefully eye my Basswood stock.....:)

Rocketflyer 02-26-2010 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by RWmarlow
Thanks for the Info...armed with a parts list and fin patterns..I carefully eye my Basswood stock.....:)
Steve Naquin should be eying this about now. He'll have some more info as well. You out there, Steve?

Green Dragon 02-26-2010 09:48 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by RWmarlow
This has tempted me for years...it seems simple enough to do, and i think it would be the right size for the Quest D motors \, ie: be recoverable...any ideas? anyone cloned, flew original or bought the canadian re issue?


Surprisingly enough I have not doen a Nike-Ram clone yet.

As for the 'cadanian reissue' - assume you mean ARG's bird ... although I have not seen his Nike Ram spec'd kit, I have a couple others and can say the quality is TOP RATE and the prices are nice, too.

Will be following along here, so post build pics ;)

~ AL

blackshire 02-27-2010 06:23 AM

Enerjet metallized spec plate decals
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ltvscout
Bob Sanford built a bunch of them.

http://www.oldrocketforum.com/showthread.php?t=1177
Initiator001's photograph of an unopened original Enerjet Nike Ram kit (see it in his Reply #10 here: http://www.oldrocketforum.com/showt...77&page=1&pp=10 ) shows a metallized spec plate decal in the box, and it raises an interesting question. Did Centuri get the idea of including metallized spec plate decals in their kits from Enerjet?

Initiator001 02-27-2010 02:04 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by blackshire
Initiator001's photograph of an unopened original Enerjet Nike Ram kit (see it in his Reply #10 here: http://www.oldrocketforum.com/showt...77&page=1&pp=10 ) shows a metallized spec plate decal in the box, and it raises an interesting question. Did Centuri get the idea of including metallized spec plate decals in their kits from Enerjet?


Enerjet was owned by Centuri so I guess both companies got the idea at the same time. ;)

The early production runs of the first series of AeroTech kits included a metal serial number plate.

Bob

blackshire 02-27-2010 05:57 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Initiator001
Enerjet was owned by Centuri so I guess both companies got the idea at the same time. ;)
But did Enerjet use the spec plates before Centuri bought them?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Initiator001
The early production runs of the first series of AeroTech kits included a metal serial number plate.

Bob
Yes, I remember seeing those in the early 1990s. Had Enertek survived (I wish I'd bought one of their catalogs when I saw them at Orange Blossom Hobbies in Miami!), I imagine they would also have included spec plates in their kits.

Initiator001 02-28-2010 12:32 AM

A notice about the 'spec-plate' appeared in the 1973 Centuri catalog. Enerjet, when Irv Wait owned it, did not feature spec-plates. A quick glance of the 1972 Enerjet catalog has no reference to spec-plates even though Enerjet kits came with them.

The AeroTech kit serial number plate was the idea of Scott Pearce at AeroTech. The Enertek kits would not have included this item. As it was, the serial number plates for the AeroTech kits were kind of pricey, even in quantity. I believe they costs fifteen cents each in quantities of 2500-5000.

Bob

Green Dragon 02-28-2010 02:26 PM

I still have a few of those serial number plates, unused - wonder if they have collector value :P


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