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Old 04-04-2019, 03:37 AM
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Originally Posted by BEC
A Q-Jet C12-4 would be the best currently available replacement for a C5-3.

(I finally had a C5-3 CATO on me a couple of weeks ago, taking out my Fat Boy before i could try it on a C12-4. That was going to be its next flight.)
I saw that picture that you posted--that was a gruesome occurrence! Boyce could produce a "hybrid" Estes-type LTV Scout (using 3D printed plastic parts along with tubing that is available from Semroc and/or BMS). This would reduce the model's weight as compared with an all-plastic one (the Estes kit used several "off-size" tubes for the upper stages, although the largest tube--used for the Algol first stage--was a length of BT-60, see: http://www.spacemodeling.org/jimz/est1287.htm ).
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