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Someone at the last meeting of OROC noticed that my Darkstar downscale used a PNC-60RL (p/n 072305) nosecone, and we began to talk about how hard it is to find them. In looking over the current Estes catalog, I remembered that I've been getting them with the STM 012, Hi-Flier XL, and the Vagabond kits. The QCC Explorer, Conquest, and Solar Warrior don't use the PNC-60RL nosecones. However, their nosecones look to be shortened (and slightly blunter) versions of the same basic shape.
The PNC-60RL allows people to clone models of the Estes Sentinel, the Magnum (2 stage payload rocket from the 90's), and the National Space Plane. A damaged one was used to make the tail cone of my Velociraptor Downscale.
There are a few almost ready to fly kits (Flying Colors (2486) and Firestorm (2488) that have something that looks similar to the PNC-60RL, but have different part numbers (p/n 072308), or the instructions drawings make me think that they aren't. I'm wondering if they are the RL's shape, but have different part numbers simply due to their pre-finished nature.
The PNC-60RL allows people to clone models of the Estes Sentinel, the Magnum (2 stage payload rocket from the 90's), and the National Space Plane. A damaged one was used to make the tail cone of my Velociraptor Downscale.
There are a few almost ready to fly kits (Flying Colors (2486) and Firestorm (2488) that have something that looks similar to the PNC-60RL, but have different part numbers (p/n 072308), or the instructions drawings make me think that they aren't. I'm wondering if they are the RL's shape, but have different part numbers simply due to their pre-finished nature.
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