Ye Olde Rocket Forum

Go Back   Ye Olde Rocket Forum > The Golden Age of Model Rocketry > Model Rocket History
User Name
Password
Auctions Register FAQ Members List Calendar Today's Posts Search Mark Forums Read


Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #11  
Old 11-19-2020, 01:40 PM
Scott6060842 Scott6060842 is offline
Master Modeler
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: NW Pennsylvania
Posts: 665
Default

I always thought it was odd that the paper decals on the Vampire and Banshee call out the 1/2A3-2T. Yet it is not a recommended engine. Too heavy for a 1/2A IMO.
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:  V.jpg
Views: 40
Size:  134.1 KB  
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 11-19-2020, 06:04 PM
ManofSteele ManofSteele is offline
Level 5 Certified
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Sandy, UT
Posts: 206
Default

I designed the E2X version that was called the Banshee.

It had nothing to do with the earlier injection molded RTF that was called the Banshee.

I am not familiar with any other Estes rocket that used the original injection molded Banshee parts.

Matt
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 11-19-2020, 07:23 PM
ghrocketman's Avatar
ghrocketman ghrocketman is offline
President, MAYHEM AGITATORS, Inc.
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Nunya Bizznuss, Michigan
Posts: 13,443
Default

Wasn't the Gnome a re-hash of one of these ?
__________________
When in doubt, WHACK the GAS and DITCH the brake !!!

Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL
, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't !

Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.
ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, and HAVOC !
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 11-19-2020, 09:28 PM
astronwolf's Avatar
astronwolf astronwolf is offline
Lost his Drifter
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Northeast Ohio
Posts: 1,277
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by ghrocketman
Wasn't the Gnome a re-hash of one of these ?

No...
__________________
-Wolfram v. Kiparski
NAR 28643 - TRA 15520
MTMA Section #606 President
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 11-19-2020, 10:32 PM
Initiator001 Initiator001 is offline
Too Many Initiators is Never Enough
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 2,394
Default

Somewhere in my collection I have a red colored test shot of the Vampire/Jinx made in the late 1990s.

While I can't be sure at this moment I MAY also have a test shot of the RTF Banshee molded in red plastic from the same time period.

If I am correctly recalling a story I heard back then the reason the Banshee mold was never used again was that it had suffered some damage and could no longer be used.

Perhaps Matt Steele has the 'low-down' on this model.
__________________
Bob
S.A.M. # 0014
Reply With Quote
  #16  
Old 11-24-2020, 08:17 AM
ManofSteele ManofSteele is offline
Level 5 Certified
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Sandy, UT
Posts: 206
Default

That's the correct story, Bob. The mold was not useable for future production.

I had forgotten about the red test shots.

Matt
Reply With Quote
  #17  
Old 11-24-2020, 11:40 AM
5x7's Avatar
5x7 5x7 is offline
Sometimes collector
 
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 1,786
Default

This is great history. I would love similar closure on many of the plastic nosecones no longer in production.
Reply With Quote
  #18  
Old 11-24-2020, 11:59 AM
ManofSteele ManofSteele is offline
Level 5 Certified
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Sandy, UT
Posts: 206
Default

Estes had a big warehouse fire in the 90's. That's where many of the blow molds for parts not in production were stored, and were destroyed. The molds lost included the Maxi Brute blow molds (V-2, Pershing !a, X-wing), thought i am not aware of a complete list.

Matt
Reply With Quote
  #19  
Old 11-24-2020, 01:11 PM
BEC's Avatar
BEC BEC is offline
Master Modeler
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Auburn, Washington
Posts: 3,643
Default

For a minute I thought this might be the explanation for the "red white or blue" nose cone for the Alpha in 1989-1992 and the subsequent emergence of the true ogive nose cone shape afterward, vs. the original PNC-50KA, but the timing is wrong. Oh well.......

As far as I can ascertain there never were any blue ones. The red ones were Alpha III nose cones.
__________________
Bernard Cawley
NAR 89040 L1 - Life Member
SAM 0061
AMA 42160
KG7AIE
Reply With Quote
  #20  
Old 11-24-2020, 05:51 PM
5x7's Avatar
5x7 5x7 is offline
Sometimes collector
 
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 1,786
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by BEC
For a minute I thought this might be the explanation for the "red white or blue" nose cone for the Alpha in 1989-1992 and the subsequent emergence of the true ogive nose cone shape afterward, vs. the original PNC-50KA, but the timing is wrong. Oh well.......

As far as I can ascertain there never were any blue ones. The red ones were Alpha III nose cones.

I have an unopened 89' ish Alpha kit that has a blue Alpha III nosecone in it.
Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:58 AM.


Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.0.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Ye Olde Rocket Shoppe © 1998-2024