Estes Trajector PSII E2X Kit

I have completed assembly of the fourth and final member of the Estes PSII E2X model line, the Trajector.

The listed weight/mass of the model w/o motor is 10.7 oz. As usual, mine turned out a little heavier at 11.4 oz. Some of that is due to my addition of a Semroc EB-20 ejecton baffle.

The model uses the Ascender fins just turned around 180 degrees. The nose cone is from the discontinued Interceptor E kit.

Speaking of the nose cone, it comes pre-assembled, painted and detailed. Nice. There are two packages of clay included in the kit which the builder must pack into the nose cone. I over did it and actually split the nose cone open on the bottom seam while packing in the clay. After cleaning the clay out of the seam I reglued the nose cone with Plasti-Zap CA which fixed the problem.

First flight will be next Saturday on an Estes E16-4 motor.

Looking Good! What kind of Launch Lugs are those?

TopRamen said:

Looking Good! What kind of Launch Lugs are those?

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Thanks!

The launch lugs accept a 1/4" launch rod and are molded plastic with a base that is shaped to fit the curvature of the body tube.

This is a cool lookin rocket! Now that you have several of the PSII E2X kits, which one do you like best?

Saturday, November 2nd, was a warn sunny day in Los Angeles.

A slight breeze but otherwise excellent flying weather.

My new Estes PSII E2X Trajector model was loaded with an Estes E16-4 motor.

The E16 motor propelled the Trajector off the pad on a slow, steady flight for this draggy rocket.

Parachute ejection was just past apogee and the rocket decended safely to the ground.

I was able to get some good flight pictures.

More pictures...

Well I posted a reply asking for a Ork/Rocsim file, but the internet ate it. But I just went ahead and made one approximately right -let me know if anything seriously wrong.

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Wanton said:

Well I posted a reply asking for a Ork/Rocsim file, but the internet ate it. But I just went ahead and made one approximately right -let me know if anything seriously wrong.

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Nope, link didn't work. Tried opening with my RockSim, no luck either.

Did the file download ok?

I just tested the download and it opened in my Open Rocket :/

Not for me, but I have RockSim, not open rocket.
oh well, by bad.