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Old 09-18-2010, 10:35 PM
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I wouldn't really want to use one--I was just going "hmmm..." after looking at the instructions for Semroc's "Retro-Repro" kit of the Rocket Development Corporation Rawhide (see: http://www.semroc.com/Documents/pdf/Rawhide.pdf ), which originally had a hardwood nose cone. To avoid a really big "Estes Dent" on the front end of the body tube, an even longer shock cord might be needed because the heavy hardwood nose would have a greater tendency to snap back even with a normal-length shock cord.
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Old 10-10-2010, 05:14 PM
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The other thought I had was that the pic had extraneous and misleading info. I wondered if the block of text center-left wasn't a vestige that inadvertently got copied from another page in the catalog, perhaps from a Ranger-like rocket.

"
THREE ENGINE POWER
TWO PARACHUTES
LARGE PAYLOAD SECTION
EASY-TO-BUILD
"

Here, I think I found the source. http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/ca...70semroc12.html

What d'ya think?

Doug

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Also, the Semroc Goliath's early (1970) paint scheme looks like it might have been inspired by the similar "partially-striped" finish on the Explorer 1 satellite (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorer_1 ).
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Those 18mm Long D's look pretty cool.
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