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The CATO was going to come back out, and, not for the 50th. But, when they didn't the cost evaluation, it was much too high and that project was scrapped. I had provided two CATO kits for that project, but, never got off the groud. Another things about the instructions, when I did instructions, I put on them the most information possible, especially part numbers and dimensions. They were almost deleted from any future instructions for the fear of possible cloning, but, they stayed anyway. There is enough sources for instructions such as JimZ to clone, my point was, there was no order to listed instructions and the wording could have been much better as to the kit names. You can always contact Estes customer service and request instructions for a particular kit. |
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Using the right motor, the Baby bertha will take off like a bat out of .............!!!!! I was working on a "D" powered Baby Bertha, lot's of nose weight, I have a few prototypes, I'll have to try ojne out someday. I was going to call it the Silver Bullet, because, that rocket would be smoking......... |
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I have perused the instructions page quite extensively. I know what you mean by the filenames, but then, filenames are rarely consistent on any system. At least they have posted a lot of them, including those for classic kits, and other kit instructions that have not been previously available on any of the archive sites. And I did unearth at least a couple of real jewels there, too. The set of instructions for the Astron Nighthawk from the Estes site is much clearer than the set at JimZ's site; you can actually read the Estes set (either JimZ, or Scott should get the Nighthawk instructions from the Estes site - they really are that much better.) The same is true for the Astron Invader instructs, even though the set at JimZ's site is fine, too. Many of the sets at the Estes site don't include fin templates, but some do (including the two that I mentioned). One other thing I noticed was that there seems to be some repetition there; I found plans for the same kit posted more than once, under different filenames. But that's a minor quibble. And I did find one or two sets of instructions - with fin template scans - for kits that are marked in red on the Expanded Estes Kit List from you know where. I even found instructions for the Centuri Micron there, too. And I'm not even close to being done with looking at all of the stuff that they have there. Although there are still a lot of things that I wish they would post there (like, for example, decal scans and header card scans), all in all, I'm glad that they made the resource available. It's a good place to go mining for product documents (not just rocket kit instructions). Mark
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at least they should be in numerical order with the proper titles. You shouldn't have to scroll down the entire list looking for something
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[QUOTE=Rocket Doctor]Also, if you go to the Estes website and look for instructions, they are not in numerical order, nor do the titles make any sense. Each name should start off with a capital letter. Check it out.
[QUOTE] Try this URL http://www.estesrockets.com/instructions/ and you can browse the directory and get a little better sort order. Numerical, uppercase alpha, and then lowercase. There are 391 files.
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[QUOTE=timorley][QUOTE=Rocket Doctor]Also, if you go to the Estes website and look for instructions, they are not in numerical order, nor do the titles make any sense. Each name should start off with a capital letter. Check it out.
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Excellent.... |
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Hey Doc just finished my "E" powered Baby Bertha, planned to fly as a Motor Alphabet project. I call it A to E Flat Jam. I flew it on an E in March and it really did scream. In April at our club launch I will fly it on from A to E. The nose weight will make the "A" Flight the hardest. If I get that nailed down the rest will be easy. Great design, I am also planning a 4" diameter version for 38mm motors G-I. |
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Maybe you could just get a second Baby Bertha nose cone (PNC-60MS, I think), paint it to match your current one, and leave out the nose weight. Then just swap it in instead of the weighted one when you are flying the Baby on an A (or a B4). Mark
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You could get additional Baby Bertha nose cones and change the nose weight. I was working on a "D" powered BB and I was going to call it the "Silver Bullet", plenty of nose weight and I'm sure it would had flown like a "bullet" . I have three prototypes, never finished them off. |
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You got me trying to figure out a way to add adjustable amounts of nose weight to a single NC. After a while I had an idea worked out involving epoxy, all-thread, a spacer tube, a nut, and varying numbers/weights/diameters of washers.
Then I used Google and found an almost identical solution had been done already. http://www.chmara.com/bt/rocketry/m...gnosecone.shtml |
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