SCIGS30
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Is there a copyright date on the instructions or some other paperwork with it? Could give a rough estimate.
What is the date code on the motors that were in the picture of the contents of the box? That info would give info about the age of the kit.I looked everywhere on the box and instructions and there is no mention of the date.
Its been busy but I finally finished the Long John Silver. Fun easy build. 4 coats of Balsa sealer on the fins, one coat of gray primer and one coat of black primer followed by Krylon Silver. The decals that come with the kit are the same as shown on the box art drawing, but the picture of Estes completed kit has different decals
I am new to the forum. I came across this thread and it brought back some great memories. Your build is excellent. I built the Long John Silver back in 1977-78 or thereabouts. There was a huge field behind our house where we launched our rockets, flew model airplanes, etc. The Long John Silver was a superb flyer. If I remember correctlly it used a Class C motor (Pretty heady stuff in the day. Only the D motor was larger and was used to launch monsters like the Estes Saturn V. I don't think anything bigger than the D was available over the counter at that time.) I only launched Long John Silver one time. It went very high and when the chute opened it drifted away from the field into the surrounding neighborhood. It floated for about three block before coming down. Luckily it landed in the street and not on a rooftop or in a tree. After that I was afraid I would lose it if I tried any more launches so it was retired to take a place of honor on my shelf.
I've been considering a rocket like that for a while, but was not familiar with the Long John Silver rocket (probably because I can't find it in a catalog either).
What's the emoticon for "what the heck?"
Long John Silver is a fictional pirate from the novel Treasure Island. The rocket is, obviously, named for him and not for the restaurant chain (which is, of course, also named for him).
Yeah, I guess Robert Louis Stevenson is trivia now. Solo and I remember it from required reading in 5th or 6th grade English. Long John could wipe the floor with Capt. Jack Sparrow on one leg. No comment on TB's question related to Supreme Court justices nicknames.
Just knowing the Supreme Court reference wins you a prize.
(Note: Prize has no cash value. Really I should have said "pride" not "prize" --- the pride of being one of the few who knows this obscure reference.)
Treasure Island is a great book! I don't remember it as required reading, but I do remember reading it in 5th or 6th grade on my own. At that age it was the best thing ever, a great adventure story and pretty scary. I actually reread it as an adult, sitting on a beach, less than mile away from where Robert Louis Stevenson wrote some of his poetry, under a banyan tree, at the Moana hotel in Honolulu. The tropical ocean environment added something to the story.
There was a really good made for TV movie in the 90's with Charlton Heston as Long John Silver, and he was great! Young Jim Hawkins was played by a young Christian Bale.
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