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This is a retail package of L.M. Cox Company with a launch pad, launch controller, and associated items for flying rocket models. Built of metal and plastic, the pad is used to launch flying rocket models. The long, metal rail on the pad goes through the guide rings on the model to insure that it flies vertically. The ignition wires of the controller are placed in the solid propellant motor in the aft end of the model. When the other wires of the controller are connected to batteries and the operating button depressed, the current ignites the propellant which lifts the model from the launch pad.

G. Harry Stine, an American pioneer in the field of flying rocket models, donated this artifact to the Museum in 1973.

 Display Status

This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Country of Origin United States of America Type MODELS-Missiles & Rockets Manufacturer L.M. Cox Mfg. Co.
 Dimensions Other (retail box): 7 x 15 x 2 1/2in. (17.8 x 38.1 x 6.4cm)
 Materials Plastic, Cardboard, Brass, Paper
 Inventory Number A19930781000 Credit Line Gift of G. Harry Stine Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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