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Model Forum / General / Rockets / June 2009best staged rocket?
What was your best staged rocket? Just curios what others think. I always like the Estes Vigilante, Omega and Avenger. Interestingly enough I was just thinking of that yesterday. My number one was the Apogee II -- for some reason it always just worked out great for me. My second one (and I apologize as I can't remember the name) was a Centuri one that used 'pass port' staging, so that you didn't tape the engines together (anyone have the name handy?). Third would be the Farside -- never had a failure getting all three stages to go, and boy would it go... David Erbas-White > What was your best staged rocket? Just curios what others think. I always > like the Estes Vigilante, Omega and > Avenger. >Interestingly enough I was just thinking of that yesterday. My number >one was the Apogee II -- for some reason it always just worked out great [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Centuri one that used 'pass port' staging, so that you didn't tape the >engines together (anyone have the name handy?). This may be the Centuri Long Tom. I still have mine and though I have had to replace some of the parts I still fly it regularly. I also like flying the Estes Comanche 3. Jonathan ----- Jonathan Sivier Secretary, Central Illinois Aerospace jsivier AT illinois.edu NAR #56437 Tripoli #1906 CIA Web Site: http://www.CIARocketry.org/ Home Page: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/jsivier/www/ >> Interestingly enough I was just thinking of that yesterday. My number >> one was the Apogee II -- for some reason it always just worked out great [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > This may be the Centuri Long Tom. I still have mine and though I have had to > replace some of the parts I still fly it regularly. I looked it up on Jimz' site - it was the Black Widow. David Erbas-White > Interestingly enough I was just thinking of that yesterday. My number > one was the Apogee II -- for some reason it always just worked out great [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> always like the Estes Vigilante, Omega and >> Avenger. I had one of those Centuri, 2 stagers with the passport staging on itback in the late 60's, had it painted international orange used b14 motors in it if I recall correctly. It'd go completely out of site until the smoke trail started and the chute popped. It was a great rocket. Jim >> Interestingly enough I was just thinking of that yesterday. My number >> one was the Apogee II -- for some reason it always just worked out [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Jim Just looked mine was an Acron-Hi > What was your best staged rocket? Just curios what others think. I always > like the Estes Vigilante, Omega and > Avenger. Estes Hercules. Which is odd, come to think of it, because I generally avoid swept fins (to avoid breakage). >> What was your best staged rocket? Just curios what others think. I >> always [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Estes Hercules. Which is odd, come to think of it, because I generally > avoid swept fins (to avoid breakage). Always thought that the Hercules was an upsized Beta to use regular sized engines. I liked the Beta. I had a short motor and mini motor version. Lost the upper on both. Maybe I should clone myself one for old times sake. >>> What was your best staged rocket? Just curios what others think. I >>> always [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > engines. I liked the Beta. I had a short motor and mini motor version. > Lost the upper on both. It'll be no surprise that that's what happened to my Hercules... >>>> What was your best staged rocket? Just curios what others think. I >>>> always [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > It'll be no surprise that that's what happened to my Hercules... The Rocket Trolls be a hungry bunch. They got my Betas, an Omega upper and Shrike upper on a B14-7. > What was your best staged rocket? Just curios what others think. I > always like the Estes Vigilante, Omega and Avenger. Scratchbuilt HPR. I540WT to J330 with onboard video downlink. http://www.hyperspace.org.uk/rocket-video/lobster-larf/video/watcher-onboard.mpeg Chris  SignatureChris Eilbeck MARS Flight Crew http://www.mars.org.uk/ UKRA #1108 Level 2 UYB Tripoli UK Member #9527 LSMR > What was your best staged rocket? Just curios what others think. I always > like the Estes Vigilante, Omega and > Avenger. I like any of my minimum diameter scratch builds using a D12-0 lower stage and an E9-8 upper stage. These two black powder engines were just made to go together. I always have to use a large international orange streamer for recovery. I never find anything on a parachute. It also helps to have a tall upper stage: 17 inches on my last one. You need all the stability you can get on multistage rockets. |
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