This a picture of the parts that come with the Astron Explorer 7264 kit. That nose cone looks like it should be cut apart and not used as one piece. A bunch of kits used it as some sort of "exotic" sci-fi kind of nose cone. But I see a nose cone and a couple tube connectors. I think that's what Stefan meant.

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The lower section doesn't have a long enough shoulder on the front end to use as a coupler. The middle section could easily be used as a coupler. It may be an optical illusion, but the upper section looks like the shoulder is curved, eliminating its use as a stand alone nose cone unless the BT is shaped accordingly. I'll have to dig out my Dark Energy kit that I bought for parts to make an Odyssey when I get the chance and have a better look.

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It I should difficult to see on the photos of this kit that I have seen, but is that the end cap/tail cone from the Interceptor I see?

It certainly looks like one (immediately to the right of the coiled-up shock cord). The Explorer kit's diameter (1.325" [rounded to 1.33" in the kit's listing; it's BT-55]) is also the same as that of the original, 18 mm motor powered, Interceptor kit (see: http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/no...a/77est032.html ). Also:

The Falcon Commander (see: http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/no...a/81est014.html and http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/no...a/81est006.html ), a rather "Interceptor-esque" model that used the 0.976" BT-50 tubing, could be made in a BT-55 up-scaled version (with a ribbed tail cone, which the original BT-50 size kit lacked) using the Interceptor nose cone and tail cone.

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Yes . . . but I also think (looking at the kit photos that blackshire posted) that I may have been thinking of another plastic piece. Specifically, the satellite body and transition that was used in a space booster kit (with a transparent payload section) and also as the SDI satellite.

That said . . . if that "cone" can be cut up and strung along on a transparent tube, it should! Heck, add LEDs and greebles.

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Are you referring to the GEO SAT LV kit (see: http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/ca...87/87est54.html )? It recycled several parts from other kits, and it's another one of those kits that--if *hint, hint* Estes brought back--I'd buy one or three (or more) of...

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The nose cone in this new Asteroid Explorer is the same one that was in the Dark Energy #7219 kit. It was a new tool to duplicate the nose cone originally found in the Odyssey #1289. Both were BT-55 based, It has nothing to do with the Geo Sat #1977 plastic parts.

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It's all good cause Stefan is just brainstorming a way that the new Astron Explorer can be kitbashed. You can get clear tubing to fit BT-55 size parts from eRockets and Apogee.

Did you guys notice the new "Space Crater?" I laughed out loud at the name. An egglofter known as the.... Space Crater.... lolz... This one has easy night launch possibilities.

https://www.estesrockets.com/coming...-space-cratertm

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The Asteroid Explorer cone can be used to clone the Rigel 3 futuristic two-stage in addition to the Odyssey.

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