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ghrocketman 01-09-2019 08:52 PM

Wanted: 18mm Aerotech E reloads
 
I'm interested in acquiring some vintage RMS 18/20 "baby" E loads.
PM me if you have any willing to part with.

ghrocketman 04-16-2020 04:17 PM

Anyone have any ?

LeeR 04-16-2020 04:27 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by ghrocketman
I'm interested in acquiring some vintage RMS 18/20 "baby" E loads.
PM me if you have any willing to part with.


I wasn't aware of E reloads for the 18/20. I seem to remember B and C quite awhile back. When I bought my first 18/20 RMS I only saw D13 and D24 available.

mwtoelle 04-16-2020 04:54 PM

The only E reload for the RMS-18/10 was the E27-4T. It had a total impulse of 23 Newton-seconds. Unfortunately, there is not enough room in the case for a longer delay column. The motor worked well on the heavier 1.9" Aerotech kits. Since these reloads have not been manufactured since the early 1990s, you are likely to get a bonus delay if you don't swap the old delay for a new one. I believe these reloads used the same delay as the D24-4, but they were discontinued long before Aerotech released the Hobby Delay Kits (HDKs) for the hobby-line RMS motors.

5x7 04-16-2020 08:32 PM

Aerotech made a
B6-Blue Thunder
C4-White Lightning, grain slotted at a shallow angle to produce a moon burner profile
C6-White Lightning
C12-Blue Thunder
The current D13 and D24
And the mentioned E27

It’s cool AT added the glider motors C3.4, D2.3 for
The case,

Sprint60 04-16-2020 09:02 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by 5x7
Aerotech made a
B6-Blue Thunder
C4-White Lightning, grain slotted at a shallow angle to produce a moon burner profile
C6-White Lightning
C12-Blue Thunder
The current D13 and D24
And the mentioned E27

It’s cool AT added the glider motors C3.4, D2.3 for
The case,


Wow, B through E in that one case. Too bad they weren't profitable.

ghrocketman 04-17-2020 11:01 AM

Unfortunately now all we can barely get are 20n-sec D's.
Would really like that "Baby E" option for my Mars Lander.
The B's and C's are pretty much covered by Q-Jets.

Initiator001 04-17-2020 11:04 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sprint60
Wow, B through E in that one case. Too bad they weren't profitable.


I know far more about that whole product line at AeroTech than I care to remember.

...And now, another episode of "Bob's wacky history of model rocketry products".

When the model rocketry line of RMS products was developed at AeroTech in early 1992, the RMS-18 motor casing was just going to have a 'D' performance load for it. This became the D13 load.

(On another tangent, when the RMS-18 load was determined to be a 'D13', Dan Meyer took a picture of the RMS-18 casing and faxed it to then-NAR President Pat Miller with a note that basically said, "Be afraid. Be very afraid.")

So the D13 would be the load for the RMS-18 casing and that was that.

I couldn't leave it alone.

"What's the largest impulse load we can fit in the case," I asked?
Quickly followed up with, "Can we put smaller loads in the case?"

That got some people thinking.

TBC...

BEC 04-17-2020 11:58 PM

Oh....I have a feeling I’m going to enjoy this story.... :)

ghrocketman 04-18-2020 09:18 AM

Me too....


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