PEX PIPE Guide/Shuttle 3/8 1/2 3/4 and 1 inch

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I needed to thread a PEX Pipe through 200 feet of a buried 3/4 inch plastic water pipe that was leaking. I did not want to dig it up. I was concerned that it had spliced fittings along the length. I needed to ensure I could push the PEX pipe through with out jamming against any splices or joints along the way. I have added a spreadsheet with all the measurements for all sizes of PEX Pipe. This could obviously be used in a number of applications including rocketry. Here is a link to a PEX, Sharkbite removal tools, prints a bit funky because of the hollowed out bottom if you do not enable supports. Does work great however. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5215244/ Post Flight Summary: The Nose cone shuttle was very effective in passing thru splices in the pipe successfully there were at least two that we detected during deployment. The catch was that we cold not push the pipe beyond a 100 feet with out the pipe jamming due to it wanting to return to a coil and locking up on the side walls of the pipe. Digging up the pipe at the half way point and cutting it allowed us to pull the next 100 feet of pipe thru and then push it thru the next section. Mission accomplished. Hope it helps someone else.