Get an estimate of what size rubber bands you need and PM me your mailing address. I've got a couple hundred blown rubber motors on their way to the garbage and could surely get together enough to give something with which to make a new swing lock band.
Plans here if you ever need them:
http://www.spacemodeling.org/jimz/est1265.htm
Than FAI. I actually took the photos I was talking about but then totally forgot to share them:
Taking them I remembered two other issues that have kept it grounded:
1) The already mentioned missing rubber band. It's a TINY band, like the ones used on braces for teeth. I think one of my daughters hair bands is actually going to work well for that.
2) The little plastic cap that holes the wing on it's pivot got lost. I hadn't glued it in since I was still testing things and my dog or wife knocked the little plastic cap off the table and it was never seen again
I can make something to replace it...just haven't bothered to in the past...oh...9 years.
3) The elastic that lets the elevator pop into position has lost it's stretch and needs to be replaced.
All little things easily solved...just haven't been in a hurry since I haven't been flying rockets much. Still have an Edmunds Delta Thunder boost glider I built in 1996 that has yet to be flown because I've been too lazy to make the launch rod modifications needed. Still have a pack of D's waiting for it.
Also spotted this little guy:
The tanks are in the box it's sitting on. One of these days I need to finish painting the tanks and mounting them up so it can fly.
If my daughter ends up showing any interest at all in rocketry (which is highly likely given her fascination with space and her desire to fly in space some day) these will all get dusted off and put back into flying condition
(I also have one of the much sought after 1/72 scale NCR shuttle kits that's about 85% completed. Ran into some issues with the plastic on the orbiter and have yet to get back to finishing it. Was thinking about making the orbiter on that one RC was the other reason I set it aside...one of these days I'll pull that box down again and see about completing it and probably going RC on the orbiter now...)