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Old 02-20-2016, 04:34 PM
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Default My lucky Kijiji find - Canaroc starter kit (bits)

Hi all, just wanted to share my latest find and purchase. I lucked out and found a guy selling a Canaroc starter set, mostly intact. It has the pad, minus the deflector and launch rod, no real loss there. Doing some research on the pad, it looks to be one of the earlier releases as the controller connects to the launch pad by means of a spring connector (think of those radio Shack electronics kits), and there would be some alligator clips that would be connected to those springs. All of the pictures I have seen of the controller have the clips soldered onto the leads, and does not includes the springs. I also found out that these pads were originally made by MPC. And yes, it came with the controller too. Everything looks almost new.

It also came with 6 motors, 4 of which were used. There were plans and decals for the Antares spaceship, a motor mount, and two fins for it. There was a nose cone and parachute I guess from the Challenger rocket that came with the starter kit. There were also some Canaroc books and instructions.

For those who have seen these launch pads, it has a small wind indicator, which I always thought was cool, but looked weird. It turns out that it the angle adjuster for the pad, and I guess MPC just added the wind indicator on top so you won't poke your eye out. :-)

I started building (quite a while ago) an Orbitron rocket, and I thought this would be a good way to display it. I am considering actually using the controller though, I've wanted a 12v launch controller for a while, and was going to make one. This one just looks cool!
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