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Paul Del Gatto Jetex - Airplanes and Rockets

Paul Del Gatto bio on the Jetex.org website.
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Jetex "rocket" motors were quite popular during the 1940s through the 1970s. Their debut in the modeling world was in 1948, per the Jetex.org website. Unlike Estes rocket engines that used combustion to generate a high velocity ejection stream, Jetex fuel pellets merely "burned" at a constant rate while the exhaust was forced through a small orifice in the engine's metal housing (casing). Also unlike Estes engines, the Jetex casing was reusable and re-fuelable. Half a dozen or so sizes and thrust levels eventually were produced. I had a couple of the Jetex 50 engines that got strapped to Guillows balsa gliders and, to some degree, were made to fly in jet-like fashion. For some reason I always had a hard time getting the igniter wire wick to keep burning after it went through the orifice, but was probably my ineptitude since plenty of people had great success.

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