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Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Estes Shark #1111, Build, Follow-up

Well, yesterday's post (shown below) ended up being posted on the wrong date, last week! Don't know how that happened. You can specify what days you want things to be posted. I must have hit "Set Date and Time" button and not the "Automatic" publish button.    

I got my BNC-50AR balsa nose cone from erockets.biz
The upper pic was the Alpha style "placeholder".
The lower picture shows the new, bare balsa cone.





How the rocket looked before:

Here's the build with the correct shape, original nose cone.
Sometimes a little change makes a much better design.
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6 comments:

  1. Bill R.March 25, 2026 at 8:43 AM

    The 50AR nosecone really improves the rocket. Fine job.

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    1. Chris MichielssenMarch 26, 2026 at 9:14 AM

      Hi Bill,
      I really didn't want to spend $8.00 for the correct balsa nose cone, but it is better!

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  2. LeoMarch 25, 2026 at 2:47 PM

    Yep, looks a lot better. Turned out very nice.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 26, 2026 at 3:31 AM

    Looks quite similar to the three finned Stiletto, which used the same nozzle/nose cone as in the Crossfire ISX

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    1. Chris MichielssenMarch 26, 2026 at 9:12 AM

      Hi Anonymous,
      The Stiletto was an altered reissue of the original Shark.

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