[NRVR-Members] What are folks doing for buying new motor casing hardware now days?

Thomas Tweeks Weeks tom at theweeks.org
Mon Mar 13 22:25:54 CDT 2017


Thanks guys.. Appreciate the offers.. I think I will eventually buy my own 75mm hardware, but for now, I think going with single use is:
1) in line with KISS (mechanically assembly wise)and
2) more in line with my pocket book.

:)

Tweeks

On Monday, March 13, 2017 11:45am, "Pat Artis" <pat.artis at gmail.com> said:

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> Pick one, 75 or 98, and I will let you borrow a case. Like Bob, I bought
> the cases since I did not have an option. Between them, they have 6 or 8
> flights.
> 
> Pat
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> On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 9:50 PM, Thomas Tweeks Weeks <
> tweeks-junk2 at theweeks.org> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for the useful info Jordan. I hadn't dug that far into all my
>> options yet, but was just starting to weed through the motor selections to
>> lift this big 32lb rocket for my L3 cert flight at LDRS. I was looking at a
>> small M, 75mm single use.
>>
>>
>>
>> Initially I was thinking that I wouldn't use 75mm size motors that often
>> back here in Blacksburg, and would just mainly fly on a 54mm adapter.
>> However, at 32lbs it seems that not that much in 54mm will do the job on
>> this bird (5:1 thrust requires an avg of 720N thrust, unless looking at
>> VMax or white thunder).. so it's looking like 75mm is the most useful size
>> motor for this thing.
>>
>>
>>
>> Maybe 75mm CTI hardware will work just fine.
>>
>>
>>
>> Comments or related thoughts welcome.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tweeks
>>
>>
>>
>> On Saturday, March 11, 2017 6:42am, "Jordan Truesdell" <
>> jordan at truesdell.org> said:
>>
>> CTI Hardware for 75mm was built specifically to fly Aero tech reloads. It
>> was developed for the (military/scientific?) community when AT had their
>> production stoppage. There are physical differences - I presume to
>> circumvent patents - which requires an additional o-ring of standard size,
>> avail at Amazon for under $1 each in qty 5. But there is no functional
>> difference.
>> I decided to skip 54mm HW and just fly big 38s with an adapter. (tho I
>> have CTI HW, so who knows what will come of that)
>> Jordan
>>
>> On Mar 11, 2017 2:19 AM, "Thomas Tweeks Weeks" <tom at theweeks.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey all..
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So I'm in the market for 54 and 75mm motor hardware for my new big bird..
>>> and am just wondering.. is anyone buying Cesaroni any more? I really like
>>> Cesaroni since they first came out with the ProX line. I mean Aerotech is
>>> okay.. but they sure are messy (compared to the Aerotech 54mm anyway).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> But I was thinking about just doing my L3 on a single use small M
>>> Aerotech.. and continue using single use 54/75mm until the news is in on
>>> Cesaroni..
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tweeks
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