Plastic bt60 nose cones

[lawndartman]

Ok, I give up. Where can I buy plastic bt60 nosecones? Like the 60AH? I find tons of balsa, I would like plastic.

 

[K'Tesh]

Ok, I give up. Where can I buy plastic bt60 nosecones? Like the 60AH? I find tons of balsa, I would like plastic.

If you can't find 'em here, I'd try fleecebay. Another option would be to wait and see if the Super Alpha is included in the next Estes Sale and see if you can pick up some spare parts too.

 

[rharshberger]

Try BRS hobbies Brian may have them and good sevice too!

 

[Slickwilly]

Try customrocketcompany.com

 

[scsager]

How about this...

https://www.erockets.biz/estes-accessories-nose-cone-assortment-nc-60a-4pk-3165/

 

[K'Tesh]

How about this...

https://www.erockets.biz/estes-accessories-nose-cone-assortment-nc-60a-4pk-3165/

Those never have PNC-60AH's anymore.... Only the PNC-60NA (Loadstar II, Marauder, D-Region Tomahawk) and the PNC-60L (Big Bertha, all the Goonybird rockets)

 

[lawndartman]

Thanks guys! I got um. Forgot about custom.

 

[codysmith]

Hobbylinc.com has the Estes ones as well as some sold by a company "sure fire". Pretty good parts from that company.

 

[TopRamen]

I just got a 4 Pack of them from Amazon.com for like $6. I'll go find a link.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0015KJ0Y6/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

 

[K'Tesh]

TR, none of those are the PNC-60AH though... you got a pair of PNC-60Ls and a pair of PNC-60NAs. The PNC-60AH is the nosecone used in the Citation Patriot, the Maxi Icarus, Der Red Max.

What I'd like to know is if those nosecones from Custom are the Estes PNC-60AHs or something else. I can't tell from the line drawings.

 

[Kirk G]

Ok, I give up. Where can I buy plastic bt60 nosecones? Like the 60AH? I find tons of balsa, I would like plastic.

Why would anyone prefer the plastic nose cones? I always though Balsa wood nose cones were the preferred ones.
What am I missing here?

 

[jbuscaglia]

Why would anyone prefer the plastic nose cones? I always though Balsa wood nose cones were the preferred ones.
What am I missing here?

Ease of finishing, for one thing.

 

[Marc_G]

Ease of finishing, for one thing.

+1 I definitely prefer well made plastic cones to balsa due to ease of finishing. This is particularly true for longer cones like the PNC-60AH and -60RL

 

[AfterBurners]

Try BRS hobbies Brian may have them and good sevice too!

I agree +1

 

[K'Tesh]

Why would anyone prefer the plastic nose cones? I always though Balsa wood nose cones were the preferred ones.
What am I missing here?

A lot of us are cloning our old rockets, and if the old rocket had a plastic part, the new rocket should have it too.

 

[TopRamen]

Why would anyone prefer the plastic nose cones? I always though Balsa wood nose cones were the preferred ones.
What am I missing here?

A million times easier to work with Plastic, especially if you are going to add nose weight.

 

[Joe_Shockcord]

+1. Much prefer plastic. It doesn't get "ejection smiles" like balsa.
Again, this is why I wish Estes would offer a wider selection of PNC's in bulk bags.

 

[lawndartman]

The ones I found at Custom are very close. I ordered two. They are for an old Rocket Pad kit.... Lark (an early day ship to air missile) I built the kit and a clone , one in 2X 18mm and a 24mm one. They both need alot of nose weight. The kit came with a plastic cone. I added some weight and some foam, but not enough. I will try and get it right this time. Those big foward fins make the Lark tough to get just right. The 2x18mm one, 2 estes 'C' motors were not enough. But 2x D24 were too much. So now we will try 2xD13 with around 2.5 oz. of nose weight. The 24mm one, a F24 was the ticket. But with just 2oz of weight. After around 8 flights on just the one cone, it is time for 2 new ones set up right. If anyone is interested, after I get the new cones, I will post a few shots of the builds and flight. This was a tough build. Tim

 

[dakota196]

What cones come with the 3165 asst Pak. I know one of them is a pnc60RL? What’s the other two?

 

[brockrwood]

How about this...

https://www.erockets.biz/estes-accessories-nose-cone-assortment-nc-60a-4pk-3165/

Second that. Have a couple of these three packs. One nose cone comes with a boat tail. One comes with a nozzle (for static display I think).

 

[PDawg]

Second that. Have a couple of these three packs. One nose cone comes with a boat tail. One comes with a nozzle (for static display I think).

I used the Nozzle as a nosecone and it worked great , so 4 nosecones per pack.

 

[bjphoenix]

Second that. Have a couple of these three packs. One nose cone comes with a boat tail. One comes with a nozzle (for static display I think).

The nose cone and nozzle are the ones that come with the Estes ESAM kit. I built 2 of those kits- one stock with the nozzle and one slightly modified without the nozzle.

 

[brockrwood]

What cones come with the 3165 asst Pak. I know one of them is a pnc60RL? What’s the other two?

According to commenters on another thread, one nose cone is from the Sprint XL kit and the other from the QCC Explorer kit.

Thread 'What are these things on my BT-60 Plastic Nose Cones?'
https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/what-are-these-things-on-my-bt-60-plastic-nose-cones.173823/

 

[shockie]

3D print them:

3D Printing - Estes PNC-60AH Nose Cone

This is a 3D model of the Estes PNC-60AH nose cone that is designed to fit Estes BT-60 airframe tubing. You can download it for free from Thingiverse and print it on your 3D printer. There are five versions with one being the original and the rest being upscales to BT-80, 3.0 inch (76mm)...

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