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Quest announces new Micro Maxx "NE" no-ejection engine.

PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colorado USA — Quest is now shipping the NAR certified MICRO MAXX "NE" - no ejection engine. This is the Micro Maxx II engine design in the gray paper casing but the ejection charge has been removed at the factory. This engine is only available on the Quest website.

This motor is specially designed with no ejection charge, and is for use with rocket designs like a saucer that are tumble recovery.

These little powerhouses are designed for backyard flying. Unique in their micro size, MICRO MAXX engines have big power in a micro size! They are the equivalent of 1/8 A in power and are powerful enough to propel a 4 gram micro rocket to 75 feet high!

The package includes six MICRO MAXX NE model rocket engines, six MMX-Q2 igniters and three igniter holders and is listed in the Micro Maxx section, Prod. No. 5665. These Micro engines and igniters are designed to be used with the 7702 MICRO MAXX LAUNCH System.

Website: http://www.questaerospace.com/

Reader comments:

#1 Re: Article: Quest announces new Micro Maxx NE engine

These are begging to be clustered

plantman89 on 02-09-2009 08:59 PM

#2 Re: Article: Quest announces new Micro Maxx NE engine

1/8A in the High Power forum???

That's a BIG cluster!










I have the sneaking suspicion this is meant to be a burr under someone's saddle....

Sono_6 on 02-10-2009 06:52 AM

#3 Re: Article: Quest announces new Micro Maxx NE engine

Those little motors are fun.

New Ocean on 02-11-2009 02:50 PM

#4 Re: Article: Quest announces new Micro Maxx NE engine

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These are begging to be clustered

And that begs the question -- How about staging?

Are these essentially a booster motor?

LeeR on 02-13-2009 01:16 AM

#5 Re: Article: Quest announces new Micro Maxx NE engine

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And that begs the question -- How about staging?

Are these essentially a booster motor?

They are a regular MicroMaxx motor with the ejection charge scraped out at the factory. Since this has been done before and worked, I'd say yes. However, they could have other uses. The delay is still there and at the end of it the motors do pop out of the test stand although not as violently as when the ejection charge was still in there. I suspect that they'd work in a minimum diameter model where you don't need the full ejection charge.

billspad on 02-13-2009 07:14 AM

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