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Back from the dead
Many moons later, a phoenix of sorts rises from the ashes. After a disastrous flight at NSL 2007 where it hung up on the rod, then bellyflopped under power, I took the Cosmik Debris home with the intent of fixing the damage and once and for all getting a final paint job on it. Other forces intervened, and I lost interest in the project, then couldn't find all the parts when I got reinterested earlier this year. Well, the missing parts showed up the other night, so I wiped off the cobwebs and did a dry fit to see if everything still fit together in a manner that suggested flightworthiness.
You be the judge.
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Bill Eichelberger NAR 79563 http://wallyum.blogspot.com/ I miss being SAM 0058 Build floor: Centuri Mini Dactyl Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II Semroc Cyber III Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2 |
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Honestly, something about this construction is deeply disturbing, in ways that I am not able to identify.
In other words, build it!!!
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Mark S. Kulka NAR #86134 L1,_ASTRE #471_Adirondack Mountains, NY
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I like it!
I like it!
I like the fin design and the way they are constructed, kinda of hodgpoge with some symmetry. I really like the fin/pod tips. What motor size does it need? Is that a boattail I see? |
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Build it? I done FLEW IT! First flight was on a C5-3 and everything went fine. Then I listened to some talking donkeys and bought a D composite motor and it shredded at the 100' mark. If you look closely, you'll see that not everything has been replaced since the rebuild.
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Bill Eichelberger NAR 79563 http://wallyum.blogspot.com/ I miss being SAM 0058 Build floor: Centuri Mini Dactyl Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II Semroc Cyber III Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2 |
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It needs at least a D, but the boattail screwed that up. It flies well on a C5-3 and okay on a C6-3. Not sure why it shows up under this link, but it does: http://www.rocketreviews.com/scratc...tt-gillard.html
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Bill Eichelberger NAR 79563 http://wallyum.blogspot.com/ I miss being SAM 0058 Build floor: Centuri Mini Dactyl Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II Semroc Cyber III Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2 |
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(after looking at the link on rocketreviews.com) There are also composite D10s.....which are rather more gentle than D21s but still give a strong and noisy flight. That MIGHT be OK for this......
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Who you jivin with this cosmik debris???
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