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10-01-2007, 01:18 PM
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ASTRE: NAR section 471 vintage motor launch
Hi Gang!!
Last Sunday, our local NAR section participated in the NAR's de-certified motor testing program. As a collector of OOP rocket motors, I could not let this pass by..... I figured, hey... what to fly old motors in? .....Old rockets of course! I spent last week re-habbing the shock chords and chutes on all of my vintage built-up rockets. I then dug through my old motors and picked a number that I have a bunch of and submitted those for testing approval. Between myself and three other club members, we had quite a selection of motors. I had a blast and flew the below rockets: ESTES: Mars Snooper on a C6-5 Mark II on a Centuri 1/2A6-2 Sprint clone on a Canaroc B4-6! Star Blazer on a shorty A5-2s motor Streak on a 1/2A6-2. And yes in the fine tradition of this model, I lost it Wac Corporal on an A5-2 (Thanks Jeff!) Scout clone on a Centuri 1/2A6-2 (and yes, it broke a leg!) Centuri: Orion on a C5-3 Skylab on B6-4 Star Trooper on a 1/4A4-4M Mini Dactyl clone on a A4-2M (Red Baron) Plan: Tri-Fo saucer: MPC B6-0, C6-0, ESTES B8-0 and B14-0 ! It was a great launch, and I only got a chance to fly perhaps half of the models I brought. We are already talking about another round if the NAR will approve!! Phred
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10-01-2007, 04:36 PM
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How did the OOP motors perform that you and others launched?
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10-01-2007, 05:04 PM
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That sliding-motor-destabilization thing was kindy iffy... Doug
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10-01-2007, 05:05 PM
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10-02-2007, 06:23 AM
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Most motors performed well. All that I brought worked fine. The B8-0 that I borrowed from a club member catoed in the saucer with no damage. It blew right out the top.
I only brought motors that I believed would not Cato. In fact, I borrowed a Centuri 1/4A4-4M as mine were iffy. (swollen) Other motors flown by other flyers catoed: including FSI B3-6, and an old Rocketflite 38mm BP F-25. Unusually, another member had two ESTES E9-P catos, and the third worked perfectly! The Scout flew well and tumbled wonderfully. The leg broke. on landing, which happens all of the time with this model. Phred
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10-02-2007, 07:34 AM
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You've obviously had better luck with C5-3's than I have. The few that I bought from Centuri worked fine, but once I started buying them from Estes, over half of them CATO'd. That's pretty interesting considering they came out of the same machines. 
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10-02-2007, 07:45 AM
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Yeah, I was worried about a cato, esp as I was flying a very early, built up Centuri Orion.
One of my section members brought a 3 pack of C5-3s, and the first two he flew worked perfectly, soI figured I had a pretty good chance of the same. Phred
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10-02-2007, 05:15 PM
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Naturally, you let the supplier go first....just good rocketry etique 
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