Thanks to tdracer, I’m the proud new owner of an NCR Space Shuttle kit. For now, it’ll rest on a shelf next to a few other NCR kits while I finish moving into my new workshop.

There went my rocketry budget!

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Dale Windsor
NAR 12081, TRA 1795 L3
SoAR 004, TARA 005, MDRA 032

L1 cert: AAA Magnum PA Crude/Vulcan H100 Smokey Sam
L2 cert: LOC/Precision Magnum/Aerotech J350
L3 cert: Smokin' Rockets Nike Smoke/Aerotech M1315

Now that's a kit!!!

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I love sanding.

Congrats. Dale! Only 100 NCR Space Shuttle Kits were made. I know because I kitted all of them from the efforts of Matt, Dan, and myself.
When you open it, it should be complete. If there are issues, well I think the statues of limitations may have expired since 1994....

Chas

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Charles Russell, MSgt,USAF (ret.)
NAR 9790, Lvl 1
SAM "Balls Three"

Chas, I think you’re safe. It didn’t come in the original box. 😄

This is actually my second shuttle kit. Sold the first one a few years ago for what I thought was a “can’t pass this up” offer. Regretted it almost immediately.

This one is going to get built. I thought I’d have all this building and flying time once I retired. Instead spending most of my time renovating a 120+ year old house on the Eastern Shore of MD (only 30 minutes away from MDRA’s launch sites).

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Dale Windsor
NAR 12081, TRA 1795 L3
SoAR 004, TARA 005, MDRA 032

L1 cert: AAA Magnum PA Crude/Vulcan H100 Smokey Sam
L2 cert: LOC/Precision Magnum/Aerotech J350
L3 cert: Smokin' Rockets Nike Smoke/Aerotech M1315

The real question is: Are you going to fly it?
I know that mine will never fly - but that's largely because I don't do RC - and I don't want to risk the orbiter to free-flight. Heck, I don't even want to hand toss it to check the trim.

Ssssh, don’t tell anyone, but my super secret plan is to recover the whole thing under chute and not deal with the shuttle gliding. 😇

It’s going to be awhile before I get up the nerve to tackle the vacuform plastic pieces. Really have a love-hate relationship with those things.

Not sure where in the build queue this will end up. After moving twice in the last few years, I was embarrassed by how many rockets are now in my possession. I now have the second story of a three car garage/barn pretty full of 35+ years of collecting and building. Still have the parts of my TRA certification rocket (AAA Magnum PA Crude) from 1991 to repair.

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Dale Windsor
NAR 12081, TRA 1795 L3
SoAR 004, TARA 005, MDRA 032

L1 cert: AAA Magnum PA Crude/Vulcan H100 Smokey Sam
L2 cert: LOC/Precision Magnum/Aerotech J350
L3 cert: Smokin' Rockets Nike Smoke/Aerotech M1315

Recovering the orbiter under 'Chute is mamby-pamby.
Put R/C gear it it and recover in scale manner.

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When in doubt, WHACK the GAS and DITCH the brake !!!

Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't !
Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.
ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, TURMOIL, FIASCOS, and HAVOC !

Hire George to set it up and fly it for you.



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I love sanding.

I’d need him to pilot it for me too 😀

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Dale Windsor
NAR 12081, TRA 1795 L3
SoAR 004, TARA 005, MDRA 032

L1 cert: AAA Magnum PA Crude/Vulcan H100 Smokey Sam
L2 cert: LOC/Precision Magnum/Aerotech J350
L3 cert: Smokin' Rockets Nike Smoke/Aerotech M1315

He is afraid of inadvertently modeling the final Columbia mission...


Bill

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It is well past time to Drill, Baby, Drill!

If your June, July, August and September was like this, you might just hate summer too...

Please unload your question before you ask it unless you have a concealed harry permit.

: countdown begin cr dup . 1- ?dup 0= until cr ." Launch!" cr ;

Give a man a rocket and he will fly for a day; teach him to build and he will spend the rest of his days sanding...