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Old 05-22-2011, 07:49 PM
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The Penn Valley Hobby Center has reproduction kits of several of Frank Zaic's classic glider kits. These include the Thermic Trio (see: http://www.pennvalleyhobbycenter.co...thermictrio.htm ), which is a "3-in-1" kit of gliders with different configurations.
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The Penn Valley Hobby Center has reproduction kits of several of Frank Zaic's classic glider kits. These include the Thermic Trio (see: http://www.pennvalleyhobbycenter.co...thermictrio.htm ), which is a "3-in-1" kit of gliders with different configurations.


Black,

Are you seeking a glider from a specific page on the HoMR or a certain Zaic plan?

I have some of his old orange books from the 30's, 40's, and 50's, bur I don't remember those; but there are some very weird plans that with today's materials would be a snap (pardon the pun) to build.

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Black,

Are you seeking a glider from a specific page on the HoMR or a certain Zaic plan?

I have some of his old orange books from the 30's, 40's, and 50's, bur I don't remember those; but there are some very weird plans that with today's materials would be a snap (pardon the pun) to build.

J
No. The foam glider shown in Stine's "Handbook of Model Rocketry" (which I started this thread about) is long out of production. I just posted the link above in response to Eagle3's query about a JASCO "box of gliders" kit. The Thermic Trio gliders were later Frank Zaic designs. I got my first Thermic Trio kit (made by JETCO instead of JASCO) in the 1970s.
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No. The foam glider shown in Stine's "Handbook of Model Rocketry" (which I started this thread about) is long out of production. I just posted the link above in response to Eagle3's query about a JASCO "box of gliders" kit. The Thermic Trio gliders were later Frank Zaic designs. I got my first Thermic Trio kit (made by JETCO instead of JASCO) in the 1970s.


Ah OK, I understand now.

My first gliders were the Peck Polymer 'Eaglet' gliders. As a kid, I would take the bus down to their suite/warehouse when they were owned and located on Carson BLVD in Carson CA.

Great gliders, I actually got one to thermal away twice in one day. I had to walk about a mile each time to recover the plane; an Eaglet 20 IIRC.

Hey you wouldn't happen to do Jetex? I have kits and motors, but there is just no interest to be found even at the model rocket sites!?

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The NDC "SUPER GLIDER" !

EBAY has a CASE of them listed right now . . .

http://cgi.ebay.com/Case-1960s-Supe...p-/400166610113




EBAY has a CASE of them listed right now . . .

http://cgi.ebay.com/Case-1960s-Supe...p-/400166610113
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Hey you wouldn't happen to do Jetex? I have kits and motors, but there is just no interest to be found even at the model rocket sites!?



Jetex does not have enought thrust to launch vertically. But there were rocketry applications for Jetex wick back in the day. Do they still make that?


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Jetex does not have enought thrust to launch vertically. But there were rocketry applications for Jetex wick back in the day. Do they still make that?


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Bill,

Yes they are still made. There is also a French equivilent that sells a preassembled jetex solution similar to a model rocket motor.

Blackshire made a good posting: http://forums.rocketshoppe.com/show...116&postcount=1

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Yes they are still made. There is also a French equivilent that sells a preassembled jetex solution similar to a model rocket motor.

Blackshire made a good posting: http://forums.rocketshoppe.com/show...116&postcount=1

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According to this , RAPIER motors are no longer available . . .

http://www.smallflyingartsforum.com...m=1283283333/14
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Ah OK, I understand now.

My first gliders were the Peck Polymer 'Eaglet' gliders. As a kid, I would take the bus down to their suite/warehouse when they were owned and located on Carson BLVD in Carson CA.

Great gliders, I actually got one to thermal away twice in one day. I had to walk about a mile each time to recover the plane; an Eaglet 20 IIRC.
I just vaguely remember those.
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Hey you wouldn't happen to do Jetex? I have kits and motors, but there is just no interest to be found even at the model rocket sites!?

Jonathan
I have one or two Jetex motors and a pack of Dr. Z's Rapier motors, but I've never tried them in model jets.
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The NDC "SUPER GLIDER" !

EBAY has a CASE of them listed right now . . .

http://cgi.ebay.com/Case-1960s-Supe...p-/400166610113




EBAY has a CASE of them listed right now . . .

http://cgi.ebay.com/Case-1960s-Supe...p-/400166610113
That's the one! I'll bet their designer (John B. Crosetto, Jr., who died on October 12 last year, see: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/se...o&pid=146007682 ), never thought they would sell for $150.00 per box!
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