We have to reward Estes with lots of purchases. We've said that we wanted kits like this and they are delivering them. I plan to order a couple.
Tower Hobbies is accepting orders at a price of $39.95:
https://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LNFSUH&P=G
Yeah, I did that with the Mercury Redstone and ended up getting my order 6 months after everybody else was getting theirs from other sources
That is a 1/70th scale model...we are talking about 1/45th scale!!! It is a huge model. We're talking a 3.42 inch diameter vs. 2.217 inch diameter...If you can't wait............https://www.jonrocket.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_38_79&products_id=1177
If you go with a cluster of motors in the center you would have to get ride of the 6 nozzles down there. Now since a BT-5 body tube just happens to fit inside each of the 6 nozzles, you could have a cluster of 6 mini engines with a 24mm core motor.
John Boren
If you go with a cluster of motors in the center you would have to get ride of the 6 nozzles down there. Now since a BT-5 body tube just happens to fit inside each of the 6 nozzles, you could have a cluster of 6 mini engines with a 24mm core motor.
John Boren
Now we have to see if somebody could get mission points from the LJ II ripping to bits and the LES pulling the Apollo capsule to safety like this:
[video=youtube_share;AqeJzItldSQ]https://youtu.be/AqeJzItldSQ[/video]
Until I read about it recently, I did not know the Little Joe II was solid fueled. An AT E18W, F24W or F35W would look so scale-like if flown in this kit.
Now we have to see if somebody could get mission points from the LJ II ripping to bits and the LES pulling the Apollo capsule to safety like this:
[video=youtube_share;AqeJzItldSQ]https://youtu.be/AqeJzItldSQ[/video]
Until I read about it recently, I did not know the Little Joe II was solid fueled. An AT E18W, F24W or F35W would look so scale-like if flown in this kit.
I’ve built a total of 6 of these models now in the past week for test flying and I just wanted to show one of the design features I incorporated into the model. One of the first steps in building this model is applying the vacuum formed wrap around the body tube. When it comes time to glue on the fins simply apply glue to the inside of the fins and place it over the raised areas on the wrap. All four fins will be perfectly aligned. If you look closely you can see the fins are two piece right down the center since for this photo I didn’t glue the halves together.
John Boren
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