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Rocket, Flying Model, Estes-Schutz Boost Glider

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    Cylindrical body, with a pair of oversized wings attached at base with angled and curved trailing edges on their insides, facing the exit area of the rocket motor, and allowing for the escape of the exhaust gases past both wings; wings with movable control surfaces by means of three sets of threads as hinges on trailing flaps of each wing, and also thin wire control rods linking these surfaces; short section of striped straw glued vertically along one side of body, to allow rocket to slide down launching rod; overall, painted red, with some paint discoloration; some paint chipped off on one of the leading edges of a wing, but otherwise exhibitable.

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Benjamin G. Sullivan

Date Created

11/02/2011

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Keywords

Models; Rockets; Space

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National Air and Space Museum 650 Jefferson Drive SW
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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
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