No.

The photo model of the Nike Cajun was the only one ever made.

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The Enertek body tube sizes was an attempt to bring some logic/rationality to these parts.

This tube sizing concept was promoted by Marc McReynolds who was a consultant for Enertek. Marc is one of the best scale model builders in the country. Marc built the Enertek scale model prototypes for the catalog. He was also working on a camera payload and a large, programmable boost glider.

Marc sold Lee Piester on the tubing size idea and the rest is (truly) history.

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Exactly.

Four inch diameter rockets were associated with HPR sport models back then.

A 3.5" inch tube diameter would still be pretty large for a model in that time frame and would distance it from true HPR models.

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It was a FSI Black Brant kit.

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At NARAM-41, there was a second Old Rocketeer's Reunion (ORR).

Folks were asked to bring historical items to the event for Show-and-Tell.

I brought Enerjet stuff (Natch ).

Marc McReynolds created a display board showing many of the items he had worked on for Enertek.

(Sorry about the picture quality. I was using an early digital camera).

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In October 1987, all the principal staff of Enertek met at the Octoberfest 1987 Lucerne launch.

In a motel room with the curtains closed Marc McReynolds gave a presentation on the projects he had been working on.

Two of these were the Arcas and Astrobee 1500 photo models.

Another project was a programmable boost glider that looked like a US Navy F/A-18 Hornet.
Marc had it painted in a Blue Angels motif.

The scale models were beautiful. NARAM-quality scale entries.

The next day the Enertek crew went off away from the main launching area on the Lucerne lakebed and flew rough prototype models of the Arcas and Astrobee to get an idea of how the kits would fly with different motors.

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This picture is just freakin' rocket porn.

It was just so COOL to see in December 1987.

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That Astrobee 1500 is an absolute knockout!

That is really helpful, the FSI catalog lists the kit as 2.1” diameter but other FSI kits are listed as 2.0” in diameter, I wonder if 2.1” od is correct for the FSI Black Brandt. The Astra 2000 fins may be the Black Brandt fins cleverly notched.

Fin Shape from Chris’ blog:
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Does anyone have Steve Gram or Lee Piester’s contact info, or can drop them a line letting them know there is interest in cloning these prototypes that played an important part of the history of the hobby?