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
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