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Flew the Star Orbiter on a 24mm E with the Estes plastic adaptor. Nice straight flight, maybe 1200 ft. Used the masking tape flange on a few kits, works well. ASP sells both Tamiya 6mm (approx 1/4") tape and generic 1/4" tape. Difference is the Tamiya is 18 meters long but the generic is 60 YARDS. So more than three times longer, for less. Should last you for hundreds of flights, at $1.99. Cheers. https://www.asp-rocketry.com/ecomme.....cfm?cat_id=73 |
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Thanks, BG, and everyone for sharing their knowledge.
Now, I don't believe I've formally introduced what I call my Quadraphonic Blaupunkt of Goblins. 1) A mini, culled from a Mini-Red Max. Hand cut fins, Semroc nose cone and Sandman decals. 2) Semroc Goblin, the kit. 3) Upscale with ST-20, custom nose cone and decals from Sandman. Hand cut fins. 4) Upscale from a Leviathon kit. Tube and internals from the kit. Staggeringly beautiful nose cone and decals from Sandman. Hand cut fins. Oddly, I'd never had a Goblin as a kid but have really enjoyed them as a BAR. All of these have flown many times, and will continue to.
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I had need to replace my second Patriot clone, having seen it splash down unretrievably in a remote pond. I opened the recent re-release and had at it.
Because of course, I boofed a couple of decals after being almost perfect on my last one, but at least I again have one in my fleet. D-enigine mount for the club, adapting down for the NTMLF.
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While waiting for some glue to dry on the recent Patriot, I realized that, after kit-bashing a couple of Nova Payloaders early in my BARhood, I had fins and most everything to actually build one. So I set the Patriot to one side of my work space and here we go.
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Never found anything in the least bit interesting about the Nova Payloader.
Single stage, weird fins, boring decals, boring color scheme. Some seem to like the design, but I don't even pretend to understand.
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Bernard Cawley would like a word with you.
Personally, I consider anything, inside or outside of rocketry, that includes both red and black to be devinely inspired.
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And while waiting for some glue to dry on the Nova Payloader, I sliced open the bag to my other birthday gift: a Mini-Comanche 3. What a fun build! Really enjoyed it and I think it came out okay.
Below find the finished model, then a family shot with its well-worn five flight big brother. Now that it is finished, I think I'll build 10 or 15 more Nova Payloaders.
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Nah.....some things are just a lost cause. I just hung my most recent NP in a tree at my club's December launch....and it's well and truly embedded so I think even today's windstorm will likely just get it stuck harder. So I guess I need to build another. I like how Estes went back to waterslide decals for the most recent release.
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It's an uglified version of the Icarus.
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Well, I won't comment on the aesthetic judgement (other than to say that I see it the other way 'round), but the Icarus and the first version of the Nova Payloader do appear to share quite a few parts.
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