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  1. 5th June 2009, 06:40 PM #1
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    Mach 10

    Finished a few of these last night.

    Mach 10 Clone Kit

    Thanks for looking.

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  2. 5th June 2009, 07:00 PM #2
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    Off topic maybe but I received my Nike Smoke kit kit the other day. What a great looking kit! Can't wait to build it. Thanks for a great product at a great price!
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  3. 5th June 2009, 07:13 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by InFlight View Post
    Finished a few of these last night.

    Mach 10 Clone Kit

    Thanks for looking.

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    OK, my order is in...I had one of these when I was a kid and have always wanted to build another...
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  4. 5th June 2009, 09:50 PM #4
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    I've built several clones, but never in kit form. Looking forward to seeing how they compare.
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  5. 6th June 2009, 04:02 AM #5
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    Gotta have it.

    Does your product liability coverage handle marital counseling?
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  6. 6th June 2009, 12:07 PM #6
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    Seems as if this was a popular one, with them being sold out now. You planning on doing another run?
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  7. 6th June 2009, 03:37 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by AKPilot View Post
    Seems as if this was a popular one, with them being sold out now. You planning on doing another run?
    I knew a few people wanted one but I didn't expect them to sell out in a few hours.

    Yeah, I am working on another run.

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  8. 6th June 2009, 01:16 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by JAL3 View Post
    Gotta have it.

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    Marital Counseling is a P motor and a roll of duct tape......
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  9. 8th June 2009, 05:06 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by InFlight View Post
    Finished a few of these last night.

    Mach 10 Clone Kit

    Thanks for looking.

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    Sold out?!?!

    Dang it I missed it!
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  10. 8th June 2009, 10:52 PM #10
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    Mine is in my hot little hands as we speak. (So to speak.)
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  11. 8th June 2009, 11:07 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fishhead View Post
    Mine is in my hot little hands as we speak. (So to speak.)

    Just found out that mine is waiting at home for me....
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    Mach 10

    Mine arrived today.

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  13. 9th June 2009, 02:50 PM #13
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    Well, I couldn't resist and I actually started (and almost finished) this kit last night rather than letting it age like a fine wine in my build pile...

    Excellent quality as always. Parts fit perfectly, everything is well packaged and the instructions are clear and well produced.

    Only one suggestion for the next time you put some of these together...some kind of alignment guide is needed on this one. A simple wrap around guide to mark the two reference lines 180 degrees apart would be helpful; the instructions have everything to be lined up by sight but I still needed to get some lines on the body tube to get a proper alignment.

    It is also a bit challenging to get the motor tube properly aligned. I think I got it but I'm wondering if there isn't some kind of little trick to make that easier.

    Anyway, again, what a great reproduction of a wonderful kit from my youth! I should be finishing up the construction tonight and then working on the finish. One of my teenage son's friends sat with me while I was working on this and he was really enjoying watching this go together, asking about a lot of my other models and (I think) hearing some of my rocket stories.
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    Got mine today as well. Most excellent!!!
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    Got mine today, too, along with an A-20 Demon. As others have mentioned, the kits are very well packaged and they appear to have high quality parts.

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  16. 23rd June 2009, 08:47 PM #16
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    I also got my box from Inflight yesterday with the Mach 10 and several other (the exact number shall remain a secret... ) kits.

    I will also join the list of folks who are impressed overall with the quality of the kits from Inflight. Great components, and high quality decals. I think these may also be the only kits I have ever bought, from any vendor, where I did not feel the need to "add" a longer piece of kevlar/elastic to the shock cord system. Keep up the great work
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  17. 7th July 2009, 05:06 PM #17
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    The other day I was starting to measure out the areas for the red trim on this (I am doing the silver version) and noticed that the cockpit canopy seemed to be very close to the front. I measured and I was definitely right at the 1/4" in the instructions but when I was looking at an old Centuri catalogue last night the picture of the original shows the canopy being much further aft. So, I looked at the Centuri instructions on JimZ's site and they agreed with Inflight's 1/4". A little further research on Ye Olde Rocket Plans shows an earlier version with the canopy positioned at 1" from the nose; this agrees with the catalogue picture.

    I also noticed some other changes that Centuri had made to the kit. The reinforcement ring in the front in the earlier version was just a mylar ring rather than a stage coupler and the nose cone appears to just barely poke out of the front of the model. My hunch was that the change with the nose cone was to move the CG forward a bit for vertical flight and the additional reinforcement was probably a good idea too. I wonder why they moved the canopy....any ideas?
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  18. 8th July 2009, 04:33 PM #18
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    If anyone was waiting for one of these I got a few more listed.
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    I'd love to get one of these kits. Let us know when they are back in stock.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NjCo View Post
    I'd love to get one of these kits. Let us know when they are back in stock.
    Me too! Excellent kit. Lot's of great versions here.
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