Exactimator
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My kids (who aren’t all that interested in rocketry) actually liked my latest rocket so much they asked for their own with custom paint jobs. I happened to have two rockets in the build pile, an MDRM and an Estes Nike Smoke (I bought from Conman a little while ago). I assembled and painted per their requests.
We had a local LPR and MPR launch yesterday, so we headed to the field. My 7 year old son’s Nike launched flawlessly. My 5 year old daughter’s MDRM suffered a spectacular CATO and burned up on the pad. Needless to say, she was pretty sad.
While I rushed to prep another rocket to get us back on the horse, she and my son visited Discount Rocketry’s trailer. One of them mentioned the rocket burning up. Discount didn't sell me the rocket that died nor the motor that CATO'd. But they pulled a rocket from their storage (a gently used, assembled, painted, and decal’d Estes Patriot). It had a loose fin and was missing a shock cord and chute. By the time I realized what was happening, they were doing a field repair of the fin and pulled a shock cord from stock and got it installed quickly. I bought motors and a chute and we had a perfect launch.
My daughter absolutely LOVES it. “It looks like ‘Merica!” she says, as she holds it and runs around making wooshing noises.
It was a simple enough gesture, but it was above and beyond the call and quickly turned my daughter’s view of rocketry around. So there’s one more possible future rocketeer.
Many thanks to Discount.
https://www.discountrocketry.com/
We had a local LPR and MPR launch yesterday, so we headed to the field. My 7 year old son’s Nike launched flawlessly. My 5 year old daughter’s MDRM suffered a spectacular CATO and burned up on the pad. Needless to say, she was pretty sad.
While I rushed to prep another rocket to get us back on the horse, she and my son visited Discount Rocketry’s trailer. One of them mentioned the rocket burning up. Discount didn't sell me the rocket that died nor the motor that CATO'd. But they pulled a rocket from their storage (a gently used, assembled, painted, and decal’d Estes Patriot). It had a loose fin and was missing a shock cord and chute. By the time I realized what was happening, they were doing a field repair of the fin and pulled a shock cord from stock and got it installed quickly. I bought motors and a chute and we had a perfect launch.
My daughter absolutely LOVES it. “It looks like ‘Merica!” she says, as she holds it and runs around making wooshing noises.
It was a simple enough gesture, but it was above and beyond the call and quickly turned my daughter’s view of rocketry around. So there’s one more possible future rocketeer.
Many thanks to Discount.
https://www.discountrocketry.com/
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