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Blushingmule 09-11-2018 11:28 AM

Enerjet Nike Smoke on ebay.
 
Look great but pricey!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-En...5.c100012.m1985

Bob

astronwolf 09-11-2018 11:52 AM

That's cool. $650 is about 10X more than I'd be willing to pay for it. The new Estes Nike Smoke nose cone could probably be modified to have a "smoker system." I wouldn't put a 29mm mount in it. For the right someone there's no substitute for the real thing.
-W

csaduck 09-11-2018 12:27 PM

Newbie question
 
What is a "Smoking Nose Cone" ?

ghrocketman 09-11-2018 12:32 PM

That guy is smoking some really bad crack with that price.
Even if it was still shrink-wrapped I'd be surprised to see it go for more than $400.
I sold a bagged, complete, but opened one about 2 years ago for $265.
I paid less than 30% of that 10 years prior.
I haven't ever seen a boxed shrink-wrapped Enerjet Athena go for $650 let alone a Nike Smoke.
The ONLY difference in this kit and the plain Centuri one are the parts for the "working smoker" nose, 29mm mount, and Silk hemisphere parachute. All of those can be easily added to the Centuri kit.

BARGeezer 09-11-2018 02:12 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by csaduck
What is a "Smoking Nose Cone" ?


Scroll down to the last page of the instructions for an explanation:

http://www.oldrocketplans.com/enerj...etNikeSmoke.pdf

Doug Sams 09-11-2018 02:17 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by csaduck
What is a "Smoking Nose Cone" ?
I've never seen a kit with that feature, either. I wonder how it works. And, if it uses pyrotechnics, I wonder how it doesn't violate the safety code.

My first thought was that maybe some of the tracking smoke was ported forward out the nose tip, but my next thought was that would require some sort of special motor case - again, a safety code issue.

Hopefully, someone here has had one of these and will tell us how it worked :)

Doug

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Doug Sams 09-11-2018 02:18 PM

Quote:
I wrote:
Hopefully, someone here has had one...and will tell us how it worked :)
Quote:
BARGeezer wrote:
Scroll down to the last page of the instructions for an explanation:

http://www.oldrocketplans.com/enerj...etNikeSmoke.pdf
Ask and ye shall receive !

Thanks!

Doug

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csaduck 09-11-2018 08:35 PM

Nike Smoke
 
I read the last page of the instructions, and "Parachute Powder" is just Talc, that will sorta look like smoke, but will be so light it won't really show up at very high flight or on a cloudy day. I guess just a gimmick to be like the real Nike Smoke. I also thought it had a 2nd port for the engine trailing smoke or you actually put in a "Smoke Bomb" from a firework store.

Thanks for the info.

astronwolf 09-11-2018 08:48 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by csaduck
I read the last page of the instructions, and "Parachute Powder" is just Talc, that will sorta look like smoke, but will be so light it won't really show up at very high flight or on a cloudy day.

Yeah.... nice idea but kind of lame. That, and the titanium tetrachloride was kind of hard on the test market.

Doug Sams 09-11-2018 09:02 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by astronwolf
Yeah.... nice idea but kind of lame. That, and the titanium tetrachloride was kind of hard on the test market.
Probably kind of expensive, too :)


Doug


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