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Yeah, I gave it two or three good reads before I posted it. I've jumped the gun before and wound up landing in something fragrant.
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I was in the audience. You were presenting your experience with building the LJ1. You showed a bunch of models, and the assumption was that the models came from..... you. I vaguely recall that you said one model was a loaner.
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Not to nitpick, but isn't "Little Joe I" actually a misnomer? Sort of like WWI was never called WWI until there was a second "war to end all wars". I believe it was just called the "Great War". So, was the Little Joe I simply called "Little Joe" or the Mercury Little Joe?
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An astute observation. I believe the correct name is "Little Joe". At least per Wikipedia. |
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In this case, the inexactness makes it easier to understand. Doug .
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On the other hand, when it comes to the movies “Ghostbusters” and “Ghostbusters II”, the first “Ghostbusters” is never referred to as “Ghostbusters I”—but rather just “Ghostbusters” OR “the Ghostbusters movie that didn’t suck”.
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Way back in 1998, Yita Wu of HUVARS (I think) put together a Little Joe I kit. Not exactly up to scale, but not bad. Below is a pic from a CMASS launch. Flew really well on C6-3's. It ultimately fell victim to a A8-3 (I wasn't wearing my glasses). S.
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The Yitah Wu LJ kit was the seed that began a 20+ year obsession with the Little Joe for me. If I ever meet the guy I plan on buying him many beers. The scale qualities of that kit were actually pretty good, and the forthcoming Estes kit is very similar to that old gem. James |
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