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Old 08-02-2019, 09:12 PM
Scott_650 Scott_650 is offline
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Originally Posted by BEC
I’ve flown a lot of Q-Jets and quite a few have been flown here at NARAM both on the sport and contest ranges. Aerotech even supplied Q-jet A3-4s for the Fly It-Take It rockets.

In my opinion the A3s and B4s are OK, the C12 is marvelous and the D16 is a lot of fun in the right models. With the progressive time-thrust curve the D16 in particular makes models go really fast, but not much higher than a C because of the increased drag from going really fast. But it IS fun to watch a model continuously accelerate as the motor burns. With the D16 in particular you can really see that.


The D16-4 with the 18/24 adapter (iirc I had to shorten an orange engine spacer but that could be for a different rocket) in my Estes Vagabond is an absolute hoot! It just keeps accelerating...until it doesn’t. I’m developing an addiction to QJets.
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