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Estes D.O.M. project
I walked around the shop this past weekend and gathered parts for the Estes D.O.M. Intruder. Back in 2001, I upscaled the fin pattern to BT-55 to give me a reason to use the Estes Greyhawk cockpit nose cone that I'd picked up in a Designer's Special. My Marauder is an upscaled Intruder without the chevron-shaped fin tips, which I replaced with scrap tubes. I always wanted to build the Intruder, mostly to see what it looked like when built as intended. Wow, this thing is going to be tiny. BT-20 based and mini-engine powered, it's definitely going to be a B6-4 Field bird. Too tiny to fly elsewhere. I still have to find a motor mount, but I should have construction finished tonight.
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Bill Eichelberger NAR 79563 http://wallyum.blogspot.com/ I miss being SAM 0058 Build floor: Centuri Mini Dactyl Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II, Xarconian Cruiser Semroc Cyber III Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2 |
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Looking forward to the photos, Bill!
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I'm looking forward to the flight. Size-wise, it's about the same as the MRM Moonraker that I built last year around this time. Really close to fire-and-forget size.
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Bill Eichelberger NAR 79563 http://wallyum.blogspot.com/ I miss being SAM 0058 Build floor: Centuri Mini Dactyl Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II, Xarconian Cruiser Semroc Cyber III Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2 |
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Like I said, tiny. It gets primed today, then I’m hoping for a flight window later in the week.
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Bill Eichelberger NAR 79563 http://wallyum.blogspot.com/ I miss being SAM 0058 Build floor: Centuri Mini Dactyl Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II, Xarconian Cruiser Semroc Cyber III Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2 Last edited by A Fish Named Wallyum : 04-10-2023 at 08:42 AM. |
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