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Old 04-28-2011, 06:26 PM
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Default Estes cone

BRS Hobbies (BRS.com) has the Estes PNC-20Y cone (their knockoff of the original Centuri plastic cone) for like $1.25.

Been looking at those for an Eneret Athena clone (it would use eight of those cones).

The Semroc balsa version would probably make trimming a bit easier, but will not hold up quite as well to hard landings and dings.

The X-24 always made for some interesting flights. I remember trimming mine as a kid by tossing it out an upstairs window into the front yard. Of course as fate would have it, one of the first tosses had it headed in a bit of a nosedive towards the concrete driveway. That's how I 'know' about nosecone dings....

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