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I would love to read a comprehensive history of model rocketry that covers all this stuff. So much interesting historical knowledge scattered about.
The linked article by G. Harry Stine certainly fills in the earliest bits (thanks for that link!) but I'd like to know the whole story. Wikipedia has a very high-level overview, but not much detail. |
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There's more in the Vern Estes magazine interviews: http://www.vernestes.com/Published%20Articles.htm
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Here is another view of the Stine/Carlisle story - in the form of scans of the letters they exchanged: http://www.questaerospace.com/q-stineletters.htm
The actual letters are now part of the Museum of Flight's Stine Archive collection.
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(And, as it turns out, it appears they were both following suit with MPC.) Doug .
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G. Harry wrote many historical articles for his "Old Rocketeer" columns in Model Rocketry magazine...here are some I found
The Old Rocketeer: The First Model Rockets May 70 http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/Mo...02n08_05-70.pdf The Old Rocketeer: Engines Full Circle July 71 http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/Mo...03n09_07-71.pdf The Old Rocketeer: Return to Green Mountain January 70 http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/Mo...02n04_01-70.pdf The Old Rocketeer: The First Clustered Models February 71 http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/Mo...03n05_02-71.pdf The Old Rocketeer: Letter to a Young Rocketeer December 71 http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/Mo...04n03_12-71.pdf The Old Rocketeer: The Manufacturers February 69 http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/Mo...01n04_02-69.pdf The Old Rocketeer: Plastic Scale Modeling September 69 http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/Mo...01n11_09-69.pdf |
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Rocketguy101 found the "Old Rocketeer" articles from Model Rocketry Magazine. This article in particular: The Old Rocketeer: Engines Full Circle July 71 http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/Mo...03n09_07-71.pdf
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If this is correct, the 0.69" x 2.75" "A"/"B"/"C" motor casing size became a de facto standard after Estes started making them by the millions with the Mabel machines. This means that the later creation of 0.500" mini motors (of various lengths, although Estes'--and later, Centuri's--1.75" casing length [soft-converted to 45 mm] eventually became the de facto standard length for mini motors) was an example of "going back to the hobby's roots," since the very first model rocket motors were 0.500" in diameter. Plus: I refer to the soft conversion (from inches to millimeters) because model rocket motors made in other countries are often (if not always) hard-converted. For example, the Chinese-made "Sky" model rockets have motor mounts that are sized to accept 18 mm x 70 mm motors; Estes and Quest "18 mm x 70 mm" motors, which are actually 17.526 mm x 69.85 mm, fit slightly loosely in the "Sky" models' motor mounts (enough that wrapping the motors with paper or tape is advisable in some cases, to ensure enough ejection charge pressurization to pop the nose cone off and deploy the parachute).
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The link above that has "full circle" in the name tells that story (second one in rocketguy101's post)....pointing out the the Minijets were essentially the same size as the original handmade Carlisle motors.
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