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Estes Star Booster Rocket or Glider?
I found this while searching for a different project last fall and keep coming back and asking 'Was this ever offered as a kit?'
Can someone tell me if this is a rocket or glider? Was this ever offered as a kit? Who is the designer? http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/ca...s97/97estb.html Last edited by dlazarus6660 : 02-21-2010 at 07:31 AM. Reason: more info |
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It never made it to production... Glider or otherwise.
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But it wasn't intended to be a glider...................rear parachute ejection.
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Tell me more
Joe,
Tell me more!! Daniel |
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Length 18" (45.7 cm) Diameter 1.6" (39.7 mm) Wingspan 9.5" (24.1 cm) Detailed display nozzles Flies on C engines with a short delay, so probably wasn't going to be a high performance bird. I sure like the looks of this one, though. By the way, I'm getting this info from the Ninfinger link you supplied (had to get out my magnifying glass). Joe |
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The V-tailed version of the Star Booster would have used a LOX/kerosene-powered Ukrainian Zenit first stage that would have slid into the "glove" of the Star Booster's fuselage. To power its return to the launch site, the booster would have had a single turbofan engine mounted in its forward fuselage (with the air intake in the nose and a flush-mounted exhaust vent on either side of the fuselage). The Star Booster was to have been fabricated out of aluminum, which was intended to function as a "heat-sink" structure during re-entry after staging at around Mach 3. I corresponded with Dr. Maxime Faget (who championed the original straight-winged Space Shuttle design that would have re-entered at a very nose-high angle of attack in a manner similar to the blunt Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space capsules) regarding the Star Booster not long before he died. He told me that the basic Star Booster concept was sound, but that it would have needed some kind of modest TPS (Thermal Protection System) to prevent the vehicle's aluminum structure from undergoing deformation under load during re-entry due to the high thermal gradients across the structure. The undersides of the fuselage, wings, and tail would have gotten pretty hot during re-entry, while their upper surfaces in the "lee" of the onrushing airstream would have remained cool, and aluminum can't resist such thermal gradient-induced deformation as titanium and Inconel-X (what the X-15 was made of) can.
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Wow
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I like the concept, sooooo... any one make a model of this puppy! |
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Black Shire--Draft horse in human form, model rocketeer, occasional mystic, and writer, see: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperba...an-form/8075185 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6122050 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6126511 All of my book proceeds go to the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre www.northcotehorses.com. NAR #54895 SR |
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Hmmm... I'm thinking, scale it up about 25% and convert it to R/c. Seriously. Motor pod ejection could trigger rubber band loaded elevators (trimmed for glide). A Spektrum AR6400 receiver on the ailerons a-la Edmonds Arcie II for steering. The whole flight pack could be done for about 5-6 grams. Fly it on a D12-3 or maybe an E9. Yup, I'm like'n it. Regards, FlyBack |
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