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Old 02-27-2010, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Ltvscout
I forgot all about those. Now that I see it I remember them as well.
The rocket and the jet models all had noses made of rather firm yellow foam rubber. The rocket had no recovery system, but simply fell and then "bounced down" like the Estes Birdie badminton shuttlecock rocket.

The smaller Dyna-Jet Whiz jets flew quite well, especially the Hi-start launched version. One of my older brothers had the larger Cold Propellant powered jet. The only flight of it that I remember is one where he apparently under-charged the motor, which was a length of thick-walled rubber tubing with red plastic forward and rear closures. The motor hissed but didn't produce sufficient thrust, and the model fell after he gently tossed it.
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