Out of Production Rocket Motor: Post a photo of the motor and comments as to why it is your favorite.
That's a motor?I am kind of partial to the 10-inch Nike Smoke by Polecat Aerospace.
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I also like the Full Scale by Performance Rocketry - 16.5 to 17 inches in diameter and 22 feet long.
I had to go look up the motor - read again.That's a motor?
Post-editing FTW! LOL!I had to go look up the motor - read again.
Post-editing FTW! LOL!
Not surprised at all. I no longer suffer from CRS: Can't Remember S(tuff). I suffer from CRAFT: Can't Remember A F(reakin') Thing!You would be surprised how often my poor memory requires me to do so.
Okay, this reply has nothing to do with the original prompt about OOP motors but I have to comment on that Nike Smoke. It's gorgeous. For one thing, its size is impressive, but mainly it's simply a Nike Smoke. I'm not sure what it is about the NS form exactly but it's such a satisfying image with that long nose cone balancing--and nearly as long as--the substantial body. The colored fins are nice but I think I'd like it just as well if they were all white like the rest of the structure. I know form and function are inextricably related; I wish we still needed the Smoke to study with just so we could still keep these around and in action. I'm glad they survive, though, in beautiful work like you've done here. Thank you for posting this picture.I am kind of partial to the OOP 10-inch Nike Smoke by Polecat Aerospace and would love to team my rocket up with a OOP motor like the AMW Blue Baboon N2700.
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I also like the OOP Full Scale by Performance Rocketry - 16.5 to 17 inches in diameter and 22 feet long. For it, the OOP Gorilla O4925 WC.
And the Blue Baboon propellant? A lot of folks will say that we have the Blue bu CTI, but I feels it fly subtly different.Okay, this reply has nothing to do with the original prompt about OOP motors but I have to comment on that Nike Smoke. It's gorgeous. For one thing, its size is impressive, but mainly it's simply a Nike Smoke. I'm not sure what it is about the NS form exactly but it's such a satisfying image with that long nose cone balancing--and nearly as long as--the substantial body. The colored fins are nice but I think I'd like it just as well if they were all white like the rest of the structure. I know form and function are inextricably related; I wish we still needed the Smoke to study with just so we could still keep these around and in action. I'm glad they survive, though, in beautiful work like you've done here. Thank you for posting this picture.
Well, since I've only been an LPR hobbyist and I've been out of the loop for a very, very long time I don't know anything about Blue Baboon, Blue bu CTI, or Ellis MTN's motors I'll have to take your word for them. Suddenly I'm feeling like I missed an important element of my life.And the Blue Baboon propellant? A lot of folks will say that we have the Blue bu CTI, but I feels it fly subtly different.
My second favorite motors I miss are the long burn motors from Ellis MTN.
Well, since I've only been an LPR hobbyist and I've been out of the loop for a very, very long time I don't know anything about Blue Baboon, Blue bu CTI, or Ellis MTN's motors I'll have to take your word for them. Suddenly I'm feeling like I missed an important element of my life.
And the Blue Baboon propellant? A lot of folks will say that we have the Blue bu CTI, but I feels it fly subtly different.
My second favorite motors I miss are the long burn motors from Ellis MTN.
Someone chad staged two or three of these on one rocket at a club launch. It was good there was no wind because the model was at the weight limit, so it rose slowly and staged often at low heights. Funny as heck.A3-0T
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