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Old 04-27-2011, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by gpoehlein
Cloning the Centuri X-24 Bug is really easy - use the nosecone from the Estes Yankee. It is an "Estes-ization" of the Centuri nose cone. I built one and I used foamcore for the bulkhead. It flew great, but it isn't real robust - after five or six flights it started to warp and I need to build a new one.
Greg,

In my experience, the plastic NC was a bit heavier, just heavy enough to make the already difficult trimming that much more difficult


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I really liked the Centuri newsletter (it may be on Jimz) that showed building a Saturn V and putting the Bug on top like a nose cone - the booster came back via chutes while the Bug ejected and glided in.
That's one of those projects I've been thinking about for years. I have some BT100 and some BT101. I was thinking of building a quasi-Little Joe2 and using a g-timer to start the Bug and/or HL-20 topping the stack.

I need to order some custom rings. That's about the only tricky part of the build.

Doug

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