03-15-2010, 12:27 PM
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Old Far...er...Rocketeer
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Plano, TX resident since 1998.
Posts: 3,965
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Originally Posted by nvrocketeer
Hmm. I seem to recall my Mongoose booster came back reasonably unstable. But maybe that was because the forward end was already munged during take-off.  |
I had a young protoge who used to fly with me (he oughta be about outta college now  ) who had one. After only a couple of hard impacts, we had to build a replacement booster section, and this time we did it right. The fin shape and paint scheme were about the same, but the new fin placement made it unstable as desired.
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Not sure about this new version of the kit, but in the past, this particular pre-finished, yellow, BT-50 tube seemed extra thin and susceptible to damage. Maybe they have fixed that now.
Doug
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