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they are motors, not engines. cato is an abbreviation, not acronym prang is when a rocket meets an area of high drag(the ground) under high speeds did ANYONE read the handbook of model rocketry by G. Harry Stine?!?!?!?! ALL rocketeers need to read it cover to cover |
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It's also by Bill Stine. http://www.questaerospace.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=9502&Tp= Should'a bought some of those during the big end of year sale....
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Well, it's apparent (co-writer) Bill Stine hasn't (and doesn't he own/runs Quest?): http://www.questaerospace.com/itemd...ic=5597&eq=&Tp= I guess it's a matter of "Do as I say, not as I do" |
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well, it looks like he hasn't
if he did quest would have boosters with holes in them |
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Wow, those motors do bring back some fantastic memories. |
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Centuri also...
Some grren and blue motors from Centuri.
I used to bulk order engines for our club in Melbourne (Australia) from Centuri. We flew a LOT of their blue and green engines in the day. No catos, but no doubt a few prangs. gary |
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Years ago I had a boatload of those Blue and Green Centuri mini-motors.
They all worked fine.
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I almost became an Aussie myself (my parents were going to emigrate there in the mid-1970s, and I got to visit there twice, in 1971 and 1972, and my older brother Richard came on the 1972 trip). But my father dithered, and the currency exchange rate changed to a point where the move was no longer practicable. I have always wondered, "What if...?" As well: Do you by any chance live within "reasonable visiting distance" of Woomera? In addition to their outdoor "rocket garden" museum (they also have a smaller indoor collection on display), I've seen pictures showing that all around town, there are missiles and sounding rockets everywhere--at corners, on "islands" in intersections, in the park, mounted on the walls in pubs, etc. Many of these are Australian and British vehicles for which scale modeling data is very scarce--when it's available at all, which it often ^isn't^. Yet those rockets are sitting right there in plain sight, where they can be measured, and from what I've read and heard, the locals are usually very accommodating to folks who wish to "tape out" the vehicles (I've read and posted on the "Australian Rocketry Forum" [see: https://forum.ausrocketry.com/ ], and a few ARF members have done that at Woomera.) Advance Australia Fair! (When I would have emigrated, it was still Waltzing Matilda.) -- Jason
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Hah! It never occurred to me that Centuri casing colors were deliberately following the old green/blue/red label scheme. Serves me right for being color-blind. Centuri was a class act in many ways.
We discussed Woomera over in the MPC History thread. I haven't been there since it was openned up to the public. When I went it was a closed town (it was primarily the support town for Joint Defense Space Communication Station Nurrungar), requiring a security clearance to enter the town and they were very antsy about photographing anything. Nurrungar is gone now. gary |
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