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Old 09-07-2006, 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by dwmzmm
What's your take on the Composite Dynamics ProJet E and F motors? I still have quite a few
unused composite motors, too (production date is September 1982).


I always liked 'em. I had an old Estes Saturn V that I put Centuri wraps on, took off the SM/LM shroud and added the tubes and nose for a Maxi Alpha III, added big trapesoid fins and painted it solid yellow. Called it the Mighty Favog (bonus points if you know the reference). Flew it four or five times on F45s. On the last flight it caught some wind during the really slow liftoff and it headed toward Married Housing on the University of GA campus (we flew from the intramural fields) and various and sundry munchkins made away with it. Usually we only lost small rockets that way. Big rockets were usually confiscated by the kids' parental unit and we would do a door-to-door search to get them back. Unfortunately some parent must've liked the idea of having a five foot tall yellow rocket in their tiny Married Housing apartment cause I didn't get it back.


I've got a E20-10 and a F45-8 in front of me (dated 3-80). I have two or three others in the stash.
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