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Old 05-30-2019, 12:50 PM
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This model uses 13mm motors so I'm not sure how GH would even get a 18mm C motor in it, but I bet he tried his best to do so.


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Old 05-30-2019, 01:14 PM
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I'm old enough to remember the Streak. While not quite as small as the Quark, it was very similar in that it was a very basic rocket that used featherweight recovery. And the C6-7 was listed as a suitable motor for it.

I wonder what the odds are of getting that back

Which is more likely to be recovered?

o Streak on a C6-7
o Quark on an A3-4T


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Old 05-31-2019, 05:53 AM
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I'm old enough to remember the Streak. While not quite as small as the Quark, it was very similar in that it was a very basic rocket that used featherweight recovery. And the C6-7 was listed as a suitable motor for it.

I wonder what the odds are of getting that back

Which is more likely to be recovered?

o Streak on a C6-7
o Quark on an A3-4T

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About 50 years ago, when I was around 13 or 14 years of age, I built a Streak and optimized it for altitude. Hollowed out nose cone, air foiled fins tapering to a knife edge, and IIRC popsicle stick shaped fins, which the instructions said would be more aerodynamic than the stock angled fins. Put a C motor in there and lit it up. Saw it go up, lost sight of it briefly, and saw it coming down up to the ejection. Never saw it after that. My friend insists it blew up into several pieces. We had a half dozen young eyes on it.
To that question I would add: Nano Rockets Nanite on a 1/8 A (MicroMaxx) motor. (Below)
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Old 06-12-2019, 08:24 AM
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I finally found some time to work on the Quark yesterday.

First, I wanted to get a little bit of high visibility color on the model, so the bottom 3rd of the fins were shot with some fluorescent red. This was kind of a complicated masking exercise for such a small rocket that might get lost on its first flight, but...oh, well.

Next, a little Sharpie marker embellishment was applied to the leading edges of the fins.

Finally, a 10mm wide wrap of chrome Monokote around the top of the body tube. I've found that such a reflective surface is essential to recovering tiny models such as this. That brief flash of sunlight when the model turns over at apogee is a good marker for where it begins its descent.
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Old 06-12-2019, 09:44 AM
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Didn't realize this was BT-5 based.
Stick an old Centuri B4-6M in it instead.
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Old 06-12-2019, 10:11 AM
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Now yer talkin' !!!

Even better - build a couple of booster stages, and send this thing into oblivion with 3 stacked A10s !
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Old 06-15-2019, 12:13 PM
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The Quark is finished.
All it needed was a fleet number decal and a coat of Future sealer to make it all good.

Now I just need to pick up a pack of 1/4As.....
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Nicely done. And of course, we would be remiss if we didn't pay homage to the designer of the Quark, which he humbly named after himself:
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