10-04-2005, 06:51 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Bartlett, TN
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Originally Posted by snaquin
Also the FSI Mach 1 Dart with RX-1 Thruster System. That picture is dated 6/27/78. I have a picture of another Mach 1 Dart taken during the F100 boost but I have to look around for that one to scan it.
Too bad it's so hard to get your hands on those black powder "load lifters", I sure do miss em .....
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FSI had some really great motors (when they didn't blow up ). The picture below is the before launch of my Dart (circa 1988). When it hit mach I thought the motor blew up. I heard a bang and saw the thruster tumbling down and thought it was debris. The Dart kept on going and going. Thought I might try again since I've got an F100-0 but I don't have a suitable upper stage engine. But I REALLY liked the long burning F7s.
Don
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