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    Booster stage for an ACME spitfire.

    i am working on a booster stage for my ACME spitfire, and have also built an 18mm version, which works quite well. Has anyone else tried to do this?

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    I don't have an Acme Spitfire, but I'd love to see photos of yours.
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    I've chatted with Woodsman about this project and encouraged him to come to TRF to do a thread on it. Sounds like a very exciting project and am interested to see how the design looks and works...

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    I dunno........

    Making a change to THE Fliskits Spitfire is almost like trying to add on to the Mona Lisa, or the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. (Feeling a little intimidated, woodsman? We'll be watching you!)
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    im not scared. i would paint over the mona lisa with a roller. lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by powderburner View Post
    Making a change to THE Fliskits Spitfire is almost like trying to add on to the Mona Lisa, or the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. (Feeling a little intimidated, woodsman? We'll be watching you!)
    I was thinking more like painting over Salvador Dali's The Persistence of Memory.

    If the ACME Spitfire is art it's more surreal.
    Last edited by sandman; 15th March 2011 at 03:12 PM.
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    I was thinking Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending A Staircase.

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    I wonder.... how many souls on here have a spifire? i would reccomend the build to most anyone. as a sheet metal worker i can appreciate the math involved on the round offsets. I built a C powered version of my own design while waiting for the real one to arrive. It looks cool but is underpowered, mostly because my version is heavy. i iused thick cardboard stock for my tube which i would not do again... this overweight situation has led to the thought of a first stage..... would be easier on my version because mine had a flat bottom and no engine hook.

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