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Old 11-05-2017, 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by jdbectec
The tubes you got are the same as I did. I was referring to quality, tight wrap with no gaps. I should have said they were like the early Quest tubes. Nice and white and able to be used unpainted(thinkTracer). For a while the tubes had wide spirals. The only MPC tube I have is in a boxed ASP kit.I don't know why they refer to them as fiber they're ordinary tubes with a slightly thinner outer wrap of white that is semi transparent and has a slight overlap that can be sanded smooth.
Yes, Quest's new body tubes are definitely "RTF-usable" as-is, just like their early ones (I only saw a couple of their "in-between period" tubes with gaps; they weren't hideous, but the difference was impossible to miss). I think "fiber" was a marketing catch-word back then (the early 1970s). At that same time, Centuri introduced their fiber fins (which they spelled 'fibre' to be fancy); it sounds catchier than "Beveridge board," which is the industry name for the Centuri (and now Estes) fiber fin material.
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Originally Posted by jdbectec
As for the 30mm nose come it is essentially the same shape as the older one but, blow molded with an attachment loop like the T 20 cone. Mine weighs 7 grams and was molded in red. If you look at the nose cone page at Quest you will see the two 30mm cones side by side. The red one is the new one
Thank you--I just looked. That nose cone isn't new (although it might not have been offered as a separate part for a while [I hadn't followed Quest much until more recently]). That red 30 mm nose cone is in their Astra III kit, and it is also--molded in purple--used in their Quick-Q kit. You can see both of them here (see: http://www.questaerospace.com/Quick...06_3443192.aspx ).
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Originally Posted by jdbectec
Intestingly enough they still list the old Tomohawk fin unit in two colors.
Indeed--I have three hypotheses regarding that. One is that since they've been rather slow in getting all of their products listed on their website, they might be equally slow regarding removing discontinued ones. Or, maybe they plan to mold another batch of the Tomahawk fin units, and that's why they've kept them listed on the site. Also:

The third possibility that I've entertained is that since I ordered all Day-Glo orange Tomahawk fin units, maybe they still have the green ones, but substituted the new Tomahawk-like Starhawk ones in my order because they, too, are Day-Glo orange. (I don't think this is likely, but when I ordered MicroMaxx rocket items from them a year or more ago, I was stunned to discover that *I* knew more about their product names and numbers than the person I was dealing with! They do seem to be "up to speed" now, though, judging by recent orders that I've placed with them.)
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