Mini Max!!!

Just gotta stop goin to Hobby Lobby! Never been much of a streamer guy, so i cut down a perfectly good 12" chute to about 8"....seems to be a good fit, thanks to a chubby body tube!

Yep I just got one myself. Thinking of opening the bag and starting on it.

One of the many in the 'one of these days I should built it' pile

I got one a year ago and slightly modified it :wink: https://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?39473-Estes-Mini-Max

Rocketjunkie said:

I got one a year ago and slightly modified it :wink: https://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?39473-Estes-Mini-Max

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RJ, that is one SICK (compliment intended) mod!!! Have you lit it off yet??

Bill Gibson said:

RJ, that is one SICK (compliment intended) mod!!! Have you lit it off yet??

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Flew it at Freedom launch last year. Even got it back.

Love the Max's! They are my favorites....here's my pair:



Sorry for the poor quality...I cropped it from a bigger picture...Mega Max is on my "To Build" list....and if I come across a vintage Great Big Max I'll snag it if it isn't big $$$.

I got one of the Mini Max's that had a balsa nose cone. It has many wonderful flights with my "trash bag" parachute. The nose cone is getting a bit beat up from A10-3T launches. No problem with 1/2 A motors though and I'll try an A3 next.

My "regular" Der Red Max is perfect on an B6-4. A little hot on a C6-5 for my tastes.

My DRM is the same...awesome flights on a B6-4....perfect apogee deployments.....nice flights and not too far to walk. C6's and it moves out.....but man the walk......

Fred Garvin said:

Love the Max's! They are my favorites....here's my pair:

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Sorry for the poor quality...I cropped it from a bigger picture...Mega Max is on my "To Build" list....and if I come across a vintage Great Big Max I'll snag it if it isn't big $$$.

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Are you talking about the Big Red Max? If so,it's time to learn to kit bash.Get the Der Red Max kit and a Big Bertha kit.Switch the fins and nose cones--then you will have Big Red Max and Baby Bertha.:clap:

I put mine through the wash...



Krusty

Devontmp said:

Are you talking about the Big Red Max? If so,it's time to learn to kit bash.Get the Der Red Max kit and a Big Bertha kit.Switch the fins and nose cones--then you will have Big Red Max and Baby Bertha.:clap:

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That's great! Are they really that simple? The 2 kits? The only difference with a Great Big Max is the Bertha body? I'm gonna build them either way though...I'll put it in the queue. Next up after the Leviathan is the Saturn V.

View attachment 139745View attachment 139745The Mini-Max has an exceptionally quick lift-off especially with an A10-3T motor. It can be very frustrating to capture a lift- off photo unless you stand way back.

Fred Garvin said:

That's great! Are they really that simple? The 2 kits? The only difference with a Great Big Max is the Bertha body? I'm gonna build them either way though...I'll put it in the queue. Next up after the Leviathan is the Saturn V.

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Yes it's very easy and you will still have two complete rockets,plus you will have DRM decals.
The Big Red Max was only offered in a starter kit. The DRM and the BDRM used same decals.All you need now is the Mega Max

Mega is on my short list since it's one of the Pro II's.....

Flew my Mini Max on saturday on a 1/2A3-3T straight up, good delay and a few feet from the pad, guessing about 200ft. Flew right after my Mini Ho-Jo on same motor that went straight and only about 150ft! Its alot heavier! Very fun flyers!
Flew the Mega a couple weeks ago on a G80-7T great straight flight, these Maxs are awesome flyers!

Devontmp said:

Yes it's very easy and you will still have two complete rockets,plus you will have DRM decals.
The Big Red Max was only offered in a starter kit. The DRM and the BDRM used same decals.All you need now is the Mega Max

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One thing I forgot,the Big Bertha fins are a little larger than the Baby Bertha,but this will not be a problem.If you don't point it out,most people will not notice.

krusty said:

I put mine through the wash...



Krusty

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LOL! I built 'Der Kinder Max' from an Estes Quark kit. It flies great on a 1/2A. Surprisingly enough, I haven't lost it to the long grass yet!