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Cherokee-D
Sheryl got ahead of me and released the Cherokee-D. I was going to wait until we had at least three to update the web pages. I have to try harder to stay ahead of her!
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Awesome. Keep it up Sheryl, and keep trying hard to stay ahead of her Carl ! I'll look at releases one at a time ! Just add them to my list to buy !
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Great news. I will be getting one the next time I order!
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Placed an order his afternoon. Carl -- You were waiting to have three kits. What are the other two??
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Well, you can't keep a cat like that in the bag for too long... The Cherokee-D is a rocket that I have been meaning to build for longer than I can remember. Now it will be easier than ever.
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Mark S. Kulka NAR #86134 L1,_ASTRE #471_Adirondack Mountains, NY
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This looks like the pre-Damon short body tube version if my calculations are correct.
Overall length is 21.8" and a BNC 55AC nose cone is 5.4" which leaves a body tube length of 16.4". Cool. I always liked the looks of the short version better. I speculate that they used that body tube and cone because they were same ones that were in the Arcas kit and it was a good way to use up excess inventory. Later on they went to a plastic cone and 18" body tube. I guess I'll have to get one to go with my Cherokee-C
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I always liked the shorter version better as well. I thought that they went to the longer tube because of stability with the plastic nose cone, but Rocksim belies that. I think you are correct that they used up all the 16.4" tubes and reduced the number of separate parts to keep in nventory. The BT-55V was used in several kits, but the BT-55 was used in many more.
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Curiousity begs the quesiton - what is the subject of yoru avatar? One of yorus or another's?
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Thanks Sheryl & Carl ! My all-time favorite. Even though I'm partial to the longer version, I'll have to get one of these. I see you've used a smaller than original chute, I can't imagine why! (I'll still substitute a streamer.)
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Cherokee-D Arrived in Mail Today
Cherokee-D arrived in the mail today. Oh did that ever bring back memories. Identical to the ones I build long ago and flew my first "D" flights. Lost every one of them when they landed in corn fields. Maybe can do better now.
Had to hunt for the decal sheet. At first I thought SEMROC left it out. ( not likely ) Found the decal sheet curled up inside the body tube. Thank you SEMROC !!
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