11-12-2018, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Eagle3
In response to a request on TRF, Dave Fitch sent me the scale data he had from Howard Kuhn on the Nike Tomahawk and I Beam launcher. I've made those files available on my web gallery here, http://www.cv41.org/personal/galler...wk-and-Launcher
Thanks to Dave for sharing |
Buzz,
Actually, Howard's data only pertained to the I-Beam Launcher.
The Nike-Tomahawk data is from the 1983 Model Rocketeer Super Scale article, based on "edited" Don Larson data, done by the author of the article. In doing so, he introduced an ERROR into the data, by calling the "Cream-colored" stripe on the Nose Cone "Natural Steel". "Natural Steel" is impossible, since the White, upper portion of the nose cone is Ceramic, while the lower Brown section is Phenolic.
I believe that the "Cream-colored stripe" in the original 1974 Model Rocketeer data is actually a strip of masking tape, likely used when the two sections of the nose cone were bonded together.
Dave F. |