That one would be a good candidate to mount the forward fins on pivoting axles to minimize their impact on CP, which would obviate the need for massive amounts of noseweight to make it stable....

Cool rocket! OL JR

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Indeed! A Talos or Vandal scale model with a long-burning ducted rocket motor (an FSI F7 or an AeroTech equivalent) in the ramjet sustainer would also make a very "sporty" R/C model, although I'm afraid my reflexes wouldn't be up to steering it!

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Thought I'd post this here about the Teros. I've always liked the Teros and have even made a square tube version for my NewWay Space Models. So, I was going through some old Estes MRN (Model Rocket News) and stumbled across a photo of the "New" Estes Green Line. This was before Estes just called them Cold Power Convertibles. In the photo was a very different version of the Teros. In any photo after this is the Teros we are all familiar with. I found this to be very interesting. Just thought I'd share.

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Thank You! Wow--I never knew that a two-stage (or two-stage looking) version of the Teros existed. I wonder if it was Vashon or Estes that originally produced that particular model? Since it was apparently never released (by either company), Estes could release that version today (for 18 mm BP motors) as a new kit that really would be--for all intents and purposes--a new one.

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Also, here (see: http://www.designation-systems.net/...p1/sam-a-1.html ) is the "GAP" test missile that I'd conjectured (in the initial posting of this thread) might have inspired the Teros kit. It was the Boeing SAM-A-1 GAPA, and its configuration and paint scheme were reminiscent of those of the Teros (actually, it's the other way around, chronologically speaking).

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The Estes Wasp (a scale-like three-finned, ramjet nose cone-equipped model) looked very much like the three-finned, rocket-boosted, solid-fuel ramjet test vehicles that were flown at Wallops Island, Virginia in the 1950s (and maybe even in the latter half of the 1940s); they were shown and described in Shortal's book about the Wallops facility. ALSO:

The "D"-powered Wasp looked like an up-scaled (BT-55 size), three-finned version of the BT-50 size ("1/2A" - "C" powered), four-finned Teros (you can compare the two "ramjet-nosed" models *here* http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/ca...84/84est56.html and *here* http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/no...a/78est022.html ).

I hope this information will be helpful.

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