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Competition launch towers from BMS
Bill Saindon told me at NARAM that he is considering making another batch of launch towers.
Once he is about ready to acquire the bulk of the parts, he will begin accepting pre-orders, those doing so will get a discount in return for partially funding the effort. So if you are interested, e-mail him and get on the waiting list. The more potential buyers, the sooner he will do it. Bill
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Pardon my ignorance, but what do these launch towers look like?
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Do you know what the specs are: dimensional data and materials?
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I have not been able to find any information on the 'net about it yet. I could have sworn that there was a review on EMRR...
It is the same gold and silver aluminum design that Apogee used to sell as the Medalist before selling the design to BMS. The vertical parts are natural aluminum color. Gold colored pieces with holes in them for lighter weight form a hexagonal support for the vertical parts. Bill
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It is well past time to Drill, Baby, Drill! If your June, July, August and September was like this, you might just hate summer too... Please unload your question before you ask it unless you have a concealed harry permit. : countdown begin cr dup . 1- ?dup 0= until cr ." Launch!" cr ; Give a man a rocket and he will fly for a day; teach him to build and he will spend the rest of his days sanding... Last edited by Bill : 08-30-2012 at 08:24 PM. Reason: more details |
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Our club owns one of the Medalist towers (the colored parts are red on it) and several members own them as well. They went out of production before I got into rocketry, but I do use the club launcher. They are fantastic for competition and can be quickly and easily adjusted to anything up to about two inches in diameter, and something like about 5 or 6 inch fin span (tip to tip). The built in deflector can be flipped down and out of the way to allow the use of pistons. I would love to get one of them if possible - they are , hands down, way better than any other design that I have seen or used.
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Nope - using a piston in a tower eliminates piston tip-off, but gives about a 10% boost to altitude. Most of us use the "Cheap-and-Dirty" pistons developed by Chad Ring. Greg |
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Tried emailing Bill, regarding my interest in a couple of towers, but I don't think I made it past his spam filter. Maybe he'll read this!
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We used to put delays from USR SU motors and CD SU motors in C6-0 motors to get C6-9, which made a big difference. Not contest approved of course, but if AT were to officially recommend putting an RDK delay kit onto Estes motors, and the NAR approved its use, it would be. With Hobbico-Estes-Aerotech in a close relationship now, it is not entirely impossible. Jerry |
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