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Old 03-31-2018, 06:44 PM
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Default Vashon Sandpiper parts?

Hello Doctor (and all readers herein),

I was looking at the Vashon (later Estes) Sandpiper kit (see: http://plans.rocketshoppe.com/vasho...111/Vas3111.pdf [scanned kit plans] and http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/ca...74/74est44.html [Estes 1974 catalog listing]), and the plans indicate—in a supplemental hand-drawn diagram—that its 1.00” diameter nose cone was/is 3.00” long. Is the length figure correct? As shown in the photograph in the Vashon kit instructions (and in the Estes catalog illustration), the nose cone looks longer than that. If anyone has cloned it, which nose cone(s) is/are the best match for the nose cone in the original kit? (The Vashon Cold Propellant kits that used the aluminum V-1 and V-2 Freon motors were 1.00” in diameter, so the 0.976” Estes BT-50 tubing would be a close diameter match.) Also:

Does anyone produce duplicate decals for the Sandpiper kit? Many thanks in advance to anyone who can help!
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