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Ahhhhhh.......I loved flying those F7s. Such a longgggggg burn time. Seemed like they went on forever...... Don NAR 53455 |
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Anyone want to see my new pictures of old rockets?
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/marwatkins/dscn1300.jpg http://mywebpages.comcast.net/marwatkins/dscn1301.jpg http://mywebpages.comcast.net/marwatkins/dscn1302.jpg http://mywebpages.comcast.net/marwatkins/dscn1303.jpg http://mywebpages.comcast.net/marwatkins/dscn1304.jpg PS I'm going to try to get Carl a scan of the plans of the Centuri Tomawawk and parts info and measurements (for his queue). |
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Hey, does that Orion back there have a two piece nose cone (a paper reducer topped with a balsa nose)?
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Yes it does, well 'two' is a misnomer, actually looks like several pieces, used to build up the transition and shroud that connect to the balsa NC.
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Hey guys
I found a few old polaroid pics circa 1978 - 1979 of rockets in my closet from when I was 16 years old. Unlike some of you guys I no longer have any of these rockets Also the FSI Mach 1 Dart with RX-1 Thruster System. That picture is dated 6/27/78. I have a picture of another Mach 1 Dart taken during the F100 boost but I have to look around for that one to scan it. Too bad it's so hard to get your hands on those black powder "load lifters", I sure do miss em .....
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FSI had some really great motors (when they didn't blow up ). The picture below is the before launch of my Dart (circa 1988). When it hit mach I thought the motor blew up. I heard a bang and saw the thruster tumbling down and thought it was debris. The Dart kept on going and going. Thought I might try again since I've got an F100-0 but I don't have a suitable upper stage engine. But I REALLY liked the long burning F7s. Don NAR 53455 |
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I have some F7-4 and F7-6 engines but no F100-0's....all the F100's I have are F100-6's.
I'm not interested in selling the F7's, but they do pop up on ROL every now & again.
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Nice Dart picture Don! Looks like we both had the same interests in kits back in 1988. I located and scanned the only picture I was ever able to catch during the boost phase of a two stage Dart flight and wouldn't you know it I had 5-1-88 for the launch date written on the back of my picture During the time that FSI offered these I probably flew about a half a dozen and every photo I ever tried for all I got was a viewfinder full of smoke! Ignition was always real quick with those FSI electric match ignitors. It's a little blurry but it brings back great memories. I do remember this was the only flight that I actually recovered both the booster and sustainer.
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Great picture ! I figure any launch picture of a FSI 100 flight is a good one . My fater-in-law video taped my launch. Going to have to dig it out and see about transferring to DVD. Maybe I'll be able to capture a frame.....
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had to dig out this pic of my own mach 1 Dart heading for bye-bye-land .
my brother (official team photographer),almost cought this one. ~ AL |
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