I'm looking for information about the Aerobee 300, cosmetics of the IGY flight modeled by the Estes version in particular. Any details would be appreciated.
I have Peter's drawing, the great Aerobee sounding rocket article from HPR magazine years ago, one small image of what appears to be the real rocket Estes was modeling, and Peter's note here in TRF that the main color was most likely white and not silver. I have perused all 30-something pages of posts here in the scale forum, and all threads within that looked like they could divulge any info.
The image of the real one shows an atypical conduit, maybe 60% of the sustainer length, and not extended forward to the adapter or aft to the fins. It's not obvious if the other two are the same or if they even exist. I don't see the Aerobee logo or the Aerojet General logo. Seams and/or screws are visible, but not well-illustrated. I would especially like to know what the wording barely visible in the middle of the sustainer is.
The (payload?) designation on Estes' decal is AF AA 10.12. I get nothing on that with Google and it's not in the listing on Gunter's Space Page, although it seems to be in reasonable sequence when compared to the IGY flights listed there for this rocket. Those are AA 10.01, and AA 10.02 from Oct 1958.
Gunter's page:
space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau_fam/aerobee.htm
My plan is to build this 300, the NRL-51 100 Jr with the Arcon nose, and an early Aerobee with the short sustainer and tail cone. So beware, questions about these other two will be next!!!
I have Peter's drawing, the great Aerobee sounding rocket article from HPR magazine years ago, one small image of what appears to be the real rocket Estes was modeling, and Peter's note here in TRF that the main color was most likely white and not silver. I have perused all 30-something pages of posts here in the scale forum, and all threads within that looked like they could divulge any info.
The image of the real one shows an atypical conduit, maybe 60% of the sustainer length, and not extended forward to the adapter or aft to the fins. It's not obvious if the other two are the same or if they even exist. I don't see the Aerobee logo or the Aerojet General logo. Seams and/or screws are visible, but not well-illustrated. I would especially like to know what the wording barely visible in the middle of the sustainer is.
The (payload?) designation on Estes' decal is AF AA 10.12. I get nothing on that with Google and it's not in the listing on Gunter's Space Page, although it seems to be in reasonable sequence when compared to the IGY flights listed there for this rocket. Those are AA 10.01, and AA 10.02 from Oct 1958.
Gunter's page:
space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau_fam/aerobee.htm
My plan is to build this 300, the NRL-51 100 Jr with the Arcon nose, and an early Aerobee with the short sustainer and tail cone. So beware, questions about these other two will be next!!!