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Old 05-12-2011, 08:47 AM
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If Estes was based in the UK, would they be "Motor Valves" ???

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If Estes was based in the UK, would they be "Motor Valves" ???

If so, their literature would further confuse American readers ("The valve holds the charge.") ["But...doesn't the *filament* inside it maintain the negative charge?"] :-)
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