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Thanks John. By the way - I got my 2 Saturn's in the mail yesterday - I'm thinking one is going to have to be converted to a Saturn V Skylab... John |
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We have a lot of the Saturn Vs in stock now. Maybe we could stack up the boxes to build a barrier against the hurricane!
We're trying to get the ones already ordered out in the mail today. The USPS might not send carriers out tomorrow since we will probably be facing tropic storm force winds by noon. :-( -- Roger |
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Cox products first appeared in the 1997 Estes catalog. By then Cox was no longer in the model rocket business. Sales of the rockets had not met expectations. I visited Cox after it moved to Corona, California, in December 1990. I spent several hours in the plant being given a tour by the R & D director. While there I viewed the Saturn V model in it's production packaging. I was allowed to take a picture but I was asked not to show it until the models had actually shipped to hobby distributors. Estes did not acquire Cox until 1995.
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Does Estes have any of the Cox RTF rocket molds today, or were they lost in the fire (if they got to Estes' plant after Estes bought Cox)? If they're still extant (and usable, or at least serviceable), maybe an anniversary re-release of the Cox rockets would be financially worthwhile to Estes today. The Cox Honest John, Saturn IB, Saturn V, and Space Shuttle America all flew well with appropriately-high impulse motors (the Cox Honest John wasn't excessively heavy for its size). (The Cox X-15, unlike Estes' smaller "Firing Line" RTF X-15 [it and the Firing Line Banshee and Vampire would make nice re-releases, too, if their molds still exist...], was marginally stable, although a little clay nose ballast would remedy that.)
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Hi All! I am new to the forum. I have a question. I am building the new Estes Saturn V. How much clay should I put in the capsule? The kit comes with 4 squares of clay but the instruction show using 2 squares. Should I use all 4 squares?
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It will fly on a single D12-3 and even an 18mm cluster (3) without adding clay. I don't know about the E12's and larger motors.
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John Boren should be able to give you a definitive answer - hopefully he's monitoring this thread. What motor combinations are you planning to fly? Be very aware of where the CG should be, based on the heaviest motor you plan to fly in the model. John |
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I was just going to use the motors Estes recommends. I was going to use either a D12-3 or E12-4 for 1st flight and then a E30-4 if all went well. |
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I meant to look last night to see if the instructions indicate where the CG should be. Can you check the instructions to see if this info is there? John |
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