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Need help - nose cone identification
I’m finally doing an inventory of my plastic nose cones and have come across 3 black rounded ogives, 6.5” in length without shoulder. They are identical to the Eliminator PNC-56A nose cone, except they fit a BT-55 (confirmed by caliper and body tube fit). They look like they may have come from a parts assortment, but I am at a loss.
Anyone able to ID these guys? Thanks!
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Hmmm...you described them pretty well, but maybe a photograph would help. Got a shot of them you can post?
Earl
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Side by side comparison - unknown cone on the left, Elimator cone on the right.
Caliper reading the unknown cone shoulder (in inches). Eliminator cone shoulder measures 1.298 inches in diameter.
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Also the Eliminator cone weighs 2 grams more than the unknowns.
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And here's another unknown cone... Looks to be Estes and is about 6.25" long.
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I believe this is a Sunward Aerospace cone. You could ask Angelo. His handle is Sunward.
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I wonder if it might be a Sunward nose cone, if the OD at the base is 1.346": https://brshobbies.com/sunward-libe...del-rocket-kit/ There were four Sunward "fighter jet" kits: Liberator, Desert Fox, Icestorm, and Maverick. .
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Yep. That's what I was going to suggest. I have several of the cockpit style cones from the big three coned monster. (Galactic Wave or Gravity Rider.) I swapped two of them out with plain BT-56 cones and used the cockpits elsewhere. Star Watcher being one place.
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That’s it!
Thanks guys - 1 mystery solved. Still don’t know where I got them :/
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Probably from Sunward.
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