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Space Shuttle Kits (gliding)
The ones I know of:
#1284 Estes Space Shuttle 76-98 (quite a run, I didn't realize that one was available so long) #007246 Estes Shuttle (the new one) Are there any other gliding Space Shuttle kits that were made past or present? |
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Estes had at least one other gliding shuttle (maybe two others), but I know that styrofoam one probably from the late 90s I suspect was one. Not sure the product number though. And then there was the one with the "Skylite" foam/plastic (or some similar name) that may have had gliding recovery.
Go to the Ninfinger rocketry site and check the Estes catalogs from the mid-80s to late 90s and you'll probably find them all. Earl
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Thanks Earl, I found the Estes #1467 which was a foam E2X pop pod available as a starter set (it is on the cover of the 95 Estes catalog).
Any other manufacturers make one? |
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The original NCR also made one. You can see some information about it here: http://georgesrockets.com/GRP/ebay/...huttle-NCR.html
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Ok, just found the other Estes shuttle I was talking about with the 'Skylite' foam construction, but it does NOT glide. Just for info though, here's a link to the 1981 catalog (and it was probably in other Estes catalogs too): http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/no...a/81est032.html
Not aware right off the top of my head of any other gliding shuttle models by other manufacturers. Earl
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There is also the Centuri/Semroc one that was based on one of the original Space Shuttle concepts that did not make it into reality. Not scale to an actual built full-scale though. Both pieces have glide recovery.
That one is still available. The big North Coast one had an orbiter big enough for RC.
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dr zooch had one, smaller than estes
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Sheri's Hot Rockets had one. I bought it, but sold it about 3 years ago. It was rough, but seemed to work well according to the videos I saw.
Allen |
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[QUOTE=ghrocketman]There is also the Centuri/Semroc one that was based on one of the original Space Shuttle concepts that did not make it into reality. Not scale to an actual built full-scale though. Both pieces have glide recovery.
That one is still available. I have seen the SEMROC kit but did not know the story behind it. It is on the back cover of the 71 Centuri catalog |
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[QUOTE=bguff]dr zooch had one, smaller than estes[/QUOTE
Didn't know that. Officially looking for one now. |
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