I have an entire fleet of birds using scales and facsimiles of that nosecone !! http://www.doug79.com/midgets/

That implies the SLV's outboard tubes are BT-50's. Wow, that could make quite a cluster!!

Doug
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Wow, that almost makes me dizzy -- all those glorious "J" cones.

ghrocketman --

I just ran to the basement, dug out the box of body tubes, and a 29mm motor tube (thick-walled) is a slightly loose fit in a BT-55. But probably 5 or so wraps of typing paper glued onto the 29mm tube would close the gap easily.

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>Although NOT shown or recommended in the instructions the Estes SLV has been flown with a center E9-8 with 5 outer C6-0 motors.

John, that sounds exciting! You can't have too many engines and while I understand why Estes doesn't recommend clustering it, it's nice to hear it's already been done.

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Hmm, the SLV is NOT on the Coming Soon page, or indeed anywhere I can find on the Estes site, at the moment.

All that's on the Coming Soon page is some air rockets, and the Skill Level 1 Sequoia.

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Goes well on E12-4 also. AltimeterThree aboard reported 767 feet.

Yes, five 50J balsa cones and a 24mm screw-on motor retainer, among other neat features.

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I believe it was just by chance I saw it there and posted the page online. I believe it was just a test to see how it looked on the site. I now believe it wasn't supposed to be seen yet, so don't tell anyone you saw it.


John Boren

Bernie,

Your SLV looks great!

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Thanks, Bob. It flies nice and straight as well. Gotta love that clever pod and fin alignment jig in the kit.

I plan to fly it at least once more this weekend.

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John,

I see Estes is re-releasing the Goblin, at least I see it listed on JonRocket as a "coming soon."

http://www.jonrocket.com/index.php?...roducts_id=1273

Greg

I already have several sizes of Goblins because they are cool like the DRM and are easy to do with the single color decal and the easy to turn PNC/BNC-55AO cone. However, I'm glad to see this classic return. I will probably pick up a kit or two for donation purposes and as an easy replacement if my original size gets damaged or lost, and to help reinforce Estes' efforts to bring back classic kits!

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