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Old 04-01-2009, 09:06 AM
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FSI used to make tube on tip rocket kits with angle cut tubes (ask Pratt), so they had a way to do that in mass quantity.

I agree it would be nice if the "new" Quest motors would fit, but being 28mm, they really are set-up for mounts of a standard 29mm size. At some point a compromise has to be set on style and construction of a kit. The new Shrox/Apogee kit is a beauty and that compromise looks like a winner to me and the size is "just right" in my book.

Heck, Semroc has a DOWNSCALE Centuri Astro-1 with a 13mm mount!

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