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Old 06-14-2006, 12:26 PM
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That's a cool pic !
I didn't remember the E5 having a flame that large.
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Old 06-14-2006, 12:35 PM
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I wish I had a photo of a 3 stage F100/F7/E5 rocket I built back in 1988. I launched it and got it back 3 times and lost it to a high wind upstairs on the 4th launch.

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Old 06-14-2006, 12:58 PM
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Thanks! Who knows, maybe that was a "hot" motor. I know the next one was...TOO hot!
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Old 06-15-2006, 09:37 PM
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In over 100 launches I never had either a F7 or a F100 fail. Maybe I was lucky or the Cato gods just decided that for me the E60 would be the designated destroyer of rockets. In my experience with FSI engines, I had 50%+ cato rate with E60's, about 20% with D20's and D18's and zero with E5's, F7's and F100's.

Those were fun to fly and I sure wsh that there was some way to bring them back. My hobby store going-out-of-business stash from 1986 is down ot the last ones.

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Just the opposite here... I;ve never had a D20,D18 or E60 cato.

a few F100's over the years ( still hoarding a pair for someday ).

had lots of E5 and F7 catos.... cost me some cool birds, too like my Collossus, vintage Ace Legal Allegro (at LDRS 5), and my brothers styrofoam cup rocket ( circa 1985-5, these from the 3-2-1 contact tv show filmed at WUBBA 7 or 8, iirc) .

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