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As I was leaving our local hobby shop in October 1968 with my first model rocketry purchase, an Astron Scout, a blue tube of 1/2A6-2 motors and a launch rod [all for $2.00, thank you very much] I...

Yup, built one several years ago. IIRC, aren't the fins basswood? In any event, high quality parts that produced a very nice model. The only drawback, and this is obviously only my opinion, is the...

You know, I'm starting to wonder if maybe, just maybe, sleep panea might be caused by BP or APCP! Maybe I sniffed too many expended BP motors over these past 45 years in the hobby!!! :y:

You are absolutely correct, and I did not mean to imply that being overweight was the direct cause of sleep apnea. In my case it was, but I also know of several people who are not overweight but...

I was diagnosed with sleep apnea around 1997, but resisted the thought of a CPAP machine, mainly because back then just about the only mask available were what even the techs called "the hockey mask"...

Allright then...............

Thank you sir! Glad to hear that the -5 wasn't discontinued.

I was just noodling through the Quest website, and noticed that there are no C6-5s listed, only C6-3s. Are they no longer available? Did I miss the memo? And yes, I did e-mail them, but I thought I'd...

Yea Bob, that was a nice story. Sorry I missed it the first time around!

Looks good so far, Steve. I don't have the Semroc version, so I'll be following your thread. I remember back in the day when cloniing first came into vogue, it appeared that the Orbital Transport and...

Thank you. Yep, I went on the Estes website before I posted here, but do you think I could find that info...................nope.

What are the lengths of the Estes E9 and E12 motors? Thanks.

I remember years ago I came across some plans for a Mercury-Atlas that used the Estes Merucry capsule from the Mercury-Redstone kit. I even started to build it, and had BMS turn that big adapter. It...

The ejection charge issue would have me concerned, but first off, good luck getting them to ignite. I learned my lesson some time ago reagrding ACPC motors - only buy what is to be used in the short...

Yikes!! I hope Estes does good by you on that!

I believe that LOC has discontinued all of their cluster kits. That said, however, the Viper III and IV shouldn't be too difficult to clone with all of the after-market parts that are available from...

Thanks. I was wondering because I have a couple of the #1926 versions stashed away somewhere. From the catalog photo, the nose cone on the new one looks more acurate than the older one [read: pointy].

I'm sorry if this has been covered in a previous thread [I did search but couldn't find one], but does anyone know if the current Estes 2.6" diameter V-2 is a re-release of the one from the 80's-90's...

This from the guy who designed it! :)

I agree, this is one fool-proof rocket. My second one was retired after it's umpteenth flight and being autographed by Bob. Have to build another...

Stop yelling! :tongue:

Hey Bob!!! Actually, I modified mine. The separation point is at where the Nike booster transitions into the Orion. I'm afraid the orginal Quest design was..........well.....dumb. She flies GREAT on...

Here's mine.

THAT is cool!! The best use of an Estes BLU 97 kit I have ever seen!!:cheers:

gpoehlein is correct about the thrust spike of Quest motors. There are some models that I'd be hesitant to fly on a Quest C6 over an Estes C6, for example. The only other negative is that the...

I just picked up a copy of that magazine [Air/Space Modeler, Oct. 1969] on e-bay last nite, rather ironic that it showed up there so soon after this thread appeared. I think the seller was John...

I thought the Exacutioner was a nice design with an unfortunate name, and way, way overpriced, even from some discount outlets.

Your Delta kits are on my wish list too. I'd love to have them all. But as has been said before, if it's no longer enjoyable for you to produce them.........

What was the fate of your lummox cousin after he snapped the fins?? :D

I had an original Mark, circa 1970, then cloned one in the early 90's. I bought and built the Semroc version, and dressed it...

I hope they do a better job of igniting BP than they do ACP!! :D