jflis: Several new items up for auction

[jflis]

I just uploaded 11 new auctions:

Apogee Black Shaft Tubing BT-2

Apogee Black Shaft Tubing BT-20 & BT-5 Lot 1

Apogee Black Shaft Tubing BT-20 & BT-5 Lot 2

Apogee Black Shaft Tubing BT-50

Estes Interceptor, built

Classics Illustrated The Man in the Iron Mask!

Mets 1975 Official Program and Scorecard!

Russian and American Space Stamps Goddard

8 Misc old stamps Pershing, Lee, Frost, Bible, Zip code

Star Trek Worf and Gowron action figures

Star Trek Picard old and Data Romulan action figures


Bid early, bid often

thank you for looking,
jim

 

[Gus]

Jim,

I've read of Apogee Black Shaft tubing but have never seen it.

Can you tell us a bit about it?

 

[jflis]

It's a phenolic tubing, spiral wound paper that has been treated. It is VERY stiff and a simple JOY to sand smooth. It was once preferred among competitors for scale (great to finish), altitude/duration events (again, can get a great finish on it, without need for paint) and for super-roc (doesn't flex *near* as much as regular tubing)

Problem with the stuff is that it is brittle and cracks easily. If you note the auctions, several of the tubes and little chips out of the ends of the tube. That is the main weakness of these tubes.

Good stuff, that's for sure. I purchased a boat load of this stuff for our club years ago when we were getting into competition

jim

 

[chanstevens]

Apogee still sells it in the 6mm size. I've tried it on a few low-powered superrocs (1/2A, A, maybe B) and it works OK as a single extension piece but can flex if using more than one length.

I'm bidding on a couple of the tubing lots for use in helicopters. Carbon fiber works much better for shafts, but this stuff's not to bad either.

Think I'll pass on the Star Trek stuff, though, unless it's autographed by the world famous Jim Flis

 

[sandman]

Think I'll pass on the Star Trek stuff, though, unless it's autographed by the world famous Jim Flis

I'm a doctor, Jim. I don't do autographs.

 

[jflis]

Oh heck, if it'll help sell, i'll sign anything! (well, *almost* anything... )

jim

 

[Gus]

I was curious why Apogee stopped selling Blackshaft so I emailed Tim.

"We stopped carrying it because the manufacturer went out of business. I think it was because of the environmental issues surrounding phenolic."

I'd like to note how much I appreciate the fact that Tim, and Jim Flis, always get right back to you when you email them. Really nice people with a ton of knowledge, unfailingly helpful. Thanks guys.