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A friend of mine scored this very obscure model rocket-ish kit from an antique model engine collector.
Was manufactured in Fort Worth, 14, TX in the days before zip codes, pre 1963.
The three rockets in the kit are fairly crude with cardboard fins and paper nose cone. The body tubes are also the motor casing.
The really odd thing is that it comes packed with mandrels and materials to make the solid fuel motors.
Anyone know about this artifact or who in Fort Worth created this kit?
I know this product flies in the face of model rocketry and does not meet the safety code. I hope that the moderators will allow a discussion concerning this kit as a historical artifact of early or pre-model rocketry as long as motor making details are not discussed.
Was manufactured in Fort Worth, 14, TX in the days before zip codes, pre 1963.
The three rockets in the kit are fairly crude with cardboard fins and paper nose cone. The body tubes are also the motor casing.
The really odd thing is that it comes packed with mandrels and materials to make the solid fuel motors.
Anyone know about this artifact or who in Fort Worth created this kit?
I know this product flies in the face of model rocketry and does not meet the safety code. I hope that the moderators will allow a discussion concerning this kit as a historical artifact of early or pre-model rocketry as long as motor making details are not discussed.
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