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Thanks for all the pictures Chad. I'm following along and trying to picture how I'm going to cobble mine together. I keep staring at the engine casing on my kitchen table and asking myself "What did...

Going to bump this since I was very happy with my order. Came very well packed with all proper labeling. Packs were in great shape; mine were all dated in the late 90s and looked like they just came...

I do all mine in CorelDraw. It's not a free program, but if you shop for an older version (or an academic version) you can usually get a good deal.

Too hot outside to do much, so I camped out in the basement for some cardstock modeling. Pictured here is the Estes Delta Clipper, The Centuri Arcon-Hi, and the FSI Dart Mach-1 system. Time to burn...

Here is what I saw:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2GB-Surveille-Minitype-Pen-Camera-Video-Camcorder-Cam-Recorder-DVR-DVR-HD-/280900930959?pt=US_Security_Cameras&hash=item4167000d8f

The pen part would...

So I have a big stash of A10 motors, and recently I have been working with cardstock models. I thought it might be fun to get one of the pen DVRs from ebay and make a cardstock mini Cineroc. My...

Turns out that the plastic where the contacts mounted was cracked as well. There is no way that it could support the pressure of the AAs. I was about to put this controller into the parts bin, but...

Thanks BEC. I might try that- i wonder how well the brass will hold the shape? I was hoping to salvage the contact but it was just too rusted. The plastics are in great shape; but this one must have...

The part that was damaged is "Steel Contact BC-3" in the manual. I can't get my camera to focus to snap a picture.

I'm trying to restore an Estes Solar Controller that had some very bad corrosion in it. When I tried to remove one of the forward battery clips, it snapped in half, and there was so much...

Nice Chad (and company)! Where do you fly? I took my micros to the local park and was threatened by some people walking dogs. What is it with these dog people around here lately?

Saturday morning was clear and perfectly calm; so I walked over to the local park to fly a few micros. My Flis fleet is currently in for repairs, so this was an all Quest Event. The first flight was...

Do you have a preferred vendor for the Nichrome wire? And will it ignite with the standard Quest 9v controller? I have a bunch of engines with no ignitors back from my early MMX days and the silo...

I've built just about every BT-5 cardstock model I can find. I love being able to recreate a classic design that's smaller (easier to store), flies on cheap engines, and that costs so little I don't...

GP- didn't mean to leave you out of my thanks, I've followed your project paper for a long time and hope to build something from your parts soon.

OK, details. The ones shown above are all BT-5...

So...

I paint crummy rockets. That's not totally my fault, as I have a disability that makes it hard to hold my hands steady for painting :). Normally, that's not too much of a problem with newer...

Thanks for the information. The amount or knowledge on this forum always amazes me. It will be great to see some of these tiny models float in as the original designers intended :)

I've been building quite a few bt-5 based downscales. I love flying these, but sometimes miss having parachute recovery instead of a streamer. Has anyone had luck using a tiny chute? If so; what size...

I forgot to add the rest of my post! I too have a large fin Saturn V. It came in one of the later "tri pack" sets; with a Silo launch pad, 9 engines, a Saturn V, No Mercy 3FNC, and a SR-71. The Quest...

Has anyone seen this in the wild yet? I went to my local hobby stores that carry Quest and when I asked if they were stocking these they looked at me like I had rode in on a tiny Saturn V.

Thanks for the tip :)

I have several flis kits on order, and am looking forward to building them!

I was trying to find the Quest rockets since the kids really seem to love them, and I don't...

Hi,

For the last several years, I have been launching Quest MicroMaxx rockets for my Mom's grade school class. They have a small field, and the little plastic rockets are really a hit with the...