04-03-2019, 11:23 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
Posts: 6,507
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Originally Posted by ghrocketman
The Estes LTV Scout had the C6-5 recommended as the only engine for most of it's production run. The last couple years it changed to the C6-3. The C5-3 is a far better motor for it than either.
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I only ever saw the C6-3 listed, but I didn't get a catalog every year back then. Given its size (drag) and weight, I'd be leery of flying one on a C6-5 (and the feared results may be why Estes changed it to the C6-3). Today, anything other than that--for most people, other than motor stockpilers--would have to be Quest Q-Jets or Aerotech 18 mm "D" motors. (I'd love to see Estes start making C5 and B8 motors again [their resumption of C11 production is great news], but I think they're about as likely to come back as B14s, unfortunately.)
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