Estes Thor-Agena Questions

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Greg Heilers - 01 Mar 2006 19:52 GMT

I am getting ready to clone the classic Estes Thor-Agena B.
While looking through the available parts from BMS...I
have run into a few question marks. BMS carries the
transition(s) and nose cone(s)...but they carry two
different sizes. The plans downloaded from JimZ have
a BT-52-sized upperstage. BMS has the BT-60 to BT-52
transition, as well as the BT-52-sized nose cone.
However, they also have a transition and nose cone
sized for the BT-50. Why is this? Were there actually
two different Estes Thor-Agenas? One with a BT-52
upper stage, and the other with a BT-50 upper stage?

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lunarlosREMOVE2EMAIL@juno.com - 01 Mar 2006 20:06 GMT

Hello Greg,

You may want to save yourself ALOT of issues by just buying the clone
of this kit located at pimp daddy rocketry:

http://www.pdrocketry.com/rockets/K28.HTM

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Greg Heilers - 01 Mar 2006 21:30 GMT

> Hello Greg,
>
> You may want to save yourself ALOT of issues by just buying the clone
> of this kit located at pimp daddy rocketry:
>
> http://www.pdrocketry.com/rockets/K28.HTM

Thanks...I think I will do that!

By the way, do you have an answer for the BT-50 vs BT-52
situation?

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lunarlosREMOVE2EMAIL@juno.com - 02 Mar 2006 13:51 GMT

The BT-52 was the actual scale part used in the original kit.

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Roy Green - 02 Mar 2006 00:35 GMT

I think it is basically that some people don't need an exact clone, and so
will find a BT50 easier to find than a BT52.
I bought two sets of both size parts, though not for Thor Agenas, but for
SPEVs. I used what Bill sold to me as BT52, though it was really ST-10, for
two of them. They all look just fine ("close enuf for guv'mint work"). I
don't know what Pimp Daddy is using for the tube.

Roy
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> I am getting ready to clone the classic Estes Thor-Agena B.
> While looking through the available parts from BMS...I
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> two different Estes Thor-Agenas? One with a BT-52
> upper stage, and the other with a BT-50 upper stage?

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Estes Thor-Agena Questions