Ah the good old days.
back then we would glue the fins right onto the engine....forget the costly rocket.
Little aimable missiles to launch at whatever we wanted....
speaking of childhood i read that Cox does not exist anymore.
Had so much fun with there .049 engines back in the day...
Yes, a relative was the Cox engineer testing their engines. I wish they had better sound mufflers though.
Ah the good old days.
back then we would glue the fins right onto the engine....forget the costly rocket.
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That reminds me that the BFR will have the heat shields (outer skin) bolted directly to the fuel tanks. In other words, no box in a box as Musk puts it. It will save a lot of weight.
Cox has been gone for nearly 20 years.
Norvel engines from Russia were used by the airplanes guys for a while. Beautifully machined little jewels. It looks like that company only makes bigger units now. A shame.
You glue the fins to the engine, glue on a bit of drinking straw for launch control, Then.... you cut down the fuse on a Cherrybomb an glue that fuse end to the ejection charge as a payload.
Great wholesome fun!
“back then we would glue the fins right onto the engine....forget the costly rocket.”
How about it. Stuff a fuse in them and set those suckers off.
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