Yup, I have owned two. Your head has to move real fast just to keep up when using an A10. I still have the 90's livery Sparrow, but I think it's buried in my repair box. IIRC, I don't believe there was any flight damage. A cat had mistaken the NC for dinner. When ever I get around to fixing it, I'm likely going to replace the die-cut fiber fins with balsa ones. I'm at the point now where I really hate those fiber fins because they de-laminate over time.
As far as how long it was produced, it first appeared in Estes catalogs in 1986. I bought my first Sparrow in '88, the second rocket kit I had ever bought. The last catalog I can find it in is 1996. However, I did buy my second Sparrow in 2001 as a discontinued item.
The picture below is from the 1986 Estes catalog, found at www.ninfinger.org/rockets/rockets.html scroll down the page a bit to find the '86 catalog.
The Sparrow cost $2.49 1n 1986.
Expand picture to see the shrooming.
The fins have been busted off a few times.
Over all, my Sparrow is just plain old & tired looking.
It may not look like much at first, but after eighteen years of looking at it I think it's a cool design, like the Screamer.
What 'cha planning on? Re-build, re-make or upscale? Something else?
Your head has to move real fast just to keep up when using an A10.
What 'cha planning on? Re-build, re-make or upscale? Something else?
A plan is starting to sort itself out for me.
A Sparrow with a BT-60 airframe would make a good project.
With a BT-60 airframe, I think it would have a length fairly close to three feet.
32.3488"
You'd think there would be at least one build thread on this rocket, but noooo..... I can't find one.
Guess it's up to me.
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