It also presents some double duty with the Bomarc balsa sheet being used for the Firefly parasite glider kit.
The Estes Mini Bomarc (TK-5) was introduced in 1972 and stayed in production until 1980.
This was part of the newer Mini-Brute line of "T" engine rockets.
To see the instructions at Jim Z's: CLICK HERE
Do you notice any similarity between the two kit wings?
TRIVIA: The first, original (large) Citation Bomarc (#0567) was a pop-pod boost glider. Estes later produced the Citation style Bomarc but dropped the pop pod and used a parachute. The Mini Bomarc had parachute recovery.
On his Blast From The Past blog (CLICK HERE), Edward Mitton did a post about the OOP Estes Firefly Parasite glider. That got me to thinking about something I realized about the two kits.
This was part of the newer Mini-Brute line of "T" engine rockets.
To see the instructions at Jim Z's: CLICK HERE
The Estes Firefly was a parasite glider, available from 1976 until 1980. It rode on the side of one your rockets and glided back after ejection.
To check out the instructions: CLICK HEREDo you notice any similarity between the two kit wings?
TRIVIA: The first, original (large) Citation Bomarc (#0567) was a pop-pod boost glider. Estes later produced the Citation style Bomarc but dropped the pop pod and used a parachute. The Mini Bomarc had parachute recovery.
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