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Semroc already has that capability. They already have the tubes, and can crank out nose cones with the nifty CNC balsa shaper that Carl built. Quote:
My experience too, though I did squander my hard-earned pay on a small selection of FSI and AVI E and F motors to use for mercury and gemini dual eggloft altitude flying. I thought FSI kits were "weird" because my perceptions were shaped by Estes and Centuri from an early age.
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Yeah, I think the "weird" sized motors and motor mount tubes in the kits did more to hurt FSI than anything...
There's a good argument for commonality... Later! OL J R
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Yeah. Semroc has some of the FSI plywood fins in stock. Semroc - 1. New FSI - 0. Hardwood cones? Meh...
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The Semroc parts are NEW production. The old original FSI parts are probably mouldering in whatever new storage barn they ended up in. And so what? Would you really want to build a rocket with wood parts that have been poorly-stored for 20-30+ years? And why would or should Semroc buy parts that even the New FSI doesn't want? Randy has a pretty slick rocket part production operation at the eRockets facility. He can cut tubes to size, mill balsa parts, and laser cut fins and centering rings of any sort.
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FSI kits were not exclusively hardwood. Some kits used balsa parts. Even the mid-power Black Brant II used a balsa nosecone, boat tail, and fins.
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Agree. Kinda like the Estes/NCR 28mm motors and motor tubes. Mr. Bob Countyline Hobbies Grovertown, IN. 574-540-1123 countylinehobbies@yahoo.com www.countylinehobbies.com |
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Exactly... thought about that too... At least undersized motors can be "shimmed up" with masking tape to fly in "standard" size motor mounts (like adding a 1/2 mm thick layer of tape to fly a 28mm motor in a 29 mm mount) but when it comes to OVERSIZE motors, or large differences in diameters between the "weird" and "standard" sizes, it becomes impractical or impossible... Later! OL J R
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