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Old 06-14-2005, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by CPMcGraw
Personally, I'd go with the 12" tube and a TB-7 thrust ring internally, with a 24" length of SEMROC's Kevlar thread tied around it for the shock chord mount. I'd dare to say none of us on this forum use the old Estes method for attaching mounts anymore, unless we're in some kind of competition for classic designs where "modern" construction methods are frowned on.


I built two of these "back in the day", and if I remember correctly, the shock cord attachment was the cut-a- slit-and-tie method. I would have traced patterns and taken measurements at the time, but never could have conceived of cloning and the type of information exchange we have available now.
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