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This "Jet 50" kit was part of Jetco's Superflite series. It was designed
to be powered by the venerable Jetex 50 rocket motor. It is one of the models
I had as a kid in Mayo,
Maryland, back in the late 1960s. It was a lot like building and flying the
Estes Falcon rocket-powered glider. The big
difference was that the "Jet 50" flew at a leisurely pace as the Jetex 50
motor burned for about 20-30 seconds with a gentle "hiss," whereas the Falcon blasted
off with more of a "ssst" sound for about half a second whilst the craft ascended
to a couple hundred feet high. Each had its advantages. The "Jet 50" could
be trimmed to fly in a tight circle in the back yard of our half-acre lot, but the
Falcon required bicycling over to Klinken's Field where there was a big open field
of many acres.
The "Jet 50" was a quick, simple build that did not even require any kind
of finish. At the time, I don't think I had access to dope (the modeling type, not
the hippie type), so mine probably was just bare balsa. It saved weight, but that
was not my motivation for not painting it.
Many thanks to Mr. Steven
Krick for providing the kit to me.
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Jetco "Jet 50" Jetex free flight model kit parts
Jetco "Jet 50" die-cut wing balsa sheet
Jetco "Jet 50" die-cut tail feathers & power pod balsa sheet
Jetco "Jet 50" kit box (ends)
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Jetco "Jet 50" kit box (front)
Jetco "Jet 50" kit box (back)
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Jetco "Jet 50" Jetex-Powered Free Flight Plans
Posted June 29, 2019
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