Many escape towers were left missing for the fact that they couldn't be built correctly. You have to admit, they are a pain in the ........to build, even for a seasoned builder.

And, it you would happen to crash your rocket, and the escape tower was ruined, all that work went down the drain.

Saturday rangerstl flew his Zooch Little Joe several times; the escape tower broke off once, and he glued it back on. Evidently, the base of the tower is one of those fiber discs you pop out of a centering ring; it tears off cleanly between the layers, saving the tower itself from breaking.

We did almost lose it in the grass, but when it was found he was able to reattach it very quickly using some CA I had in my range box.

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