Alrighty… VA’s Mini-Aircraft of the Week Day thread on the Leduc 0.22 inspired me to post this, the bestest pitcher I gots of this contraption…
Image source/credit: unknown web
Sure is… interesting lookin’… i’n’t it?
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what the hell is it LOL
It’s a REALLY big Estes rocket!!
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Very weird. Don’t have a clue as to what it is.
Regards, Rick
What the…
Strange… did it carry a passenger or was it an unmanned gizmo?
Ya know when I was in fifth grade I had a model rocket just like that. It had a clear piece on it that you would put bugs in and shoot them up.[:D]
The skies the limit,
V.A.
What’s an Estes rocket? Purpose, etc.?
Estes is the company that makes model rockets for hobbiests.
Well, for those not sure what it is… it’s the Leduc 0.22, as stated above. Although I guess I didn’t make it too clear… oops…
Adam, it was a manned vehicle. Here’s a shot of test pilot Yvan Littolff in the cockpit section of the 0.22’s predecessor, the Leduc 0.21…
Image source/credit: Aerostories site
You can find out more about the Leduc 0.21 and 0.22 HERE.
Here’s the Leduc 0.22 in a museum…
Quag, here’s the ESTES site… [;)]
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