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Old 01-24-2008, 07:45 PM
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I might be alone on this, but I'd kind of like to see some of the Type III motors again. I know that the 13mm T motors were supposed to represent an updated version of the Type III's. I can't help but think, though, that with the same length and a larger diameter (hence a larger BP slug), you could engineer some of them with higher total impulses than the you have with current mini motors. Booster motors with the Type III design might even stage more reliably than the minis because of the larger diameter.

Add my voice to the multitude calling for a return of 13mm booster motors, too, though. During an Old Motors Evaluation launch last summer, I had a chance to launch a Midget Mini-Brute on an A3-0T - 1/2A3-4T combo, and it turned in a great flight.

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