terryg
Well-Known Member
It does indeed, the BMS nose cone is slightly longer than the BigDaddy/Leviathan/Scion nose cone, T300 is quickly becoming one of my favorite sizes due to the availability of 3" balsa blocks locally to turn nose cones from, and BMS offers several different 3" nose cones as well. For a visual comparison of the two nose cones I include the following picture, the nose cone on the left is the BMS/Mercury Engineering/and Apogee (iirc) nose cone and the BigDaddy/Scion/Leviathan NC is on the right. The BMS NC is pretty much an upscale of the PNC-80K, and the Big Daddy NC is like an upscale of the Estes PNC-60NA (think Estes #2056 Patriot Missle) I think.
By double tubing using couplers its possible to build a lightweight 3" Binder Thor ( a member of my local club flies a vintage 3" lightweight Thor), then the the motor mount can be upsized to 38mm and many more motor options are available.
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He also has options for the 3" School Rocket including ebay's and larger versions. I wish he would update his web site for these and other new items. The school rocket has a semi-transparent nosecone that is excellent for night flight use.