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n3tjm

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:hohoho:Secret Santa 2013:hohoho:
Once again it’s time for Secret Santa! Christmas time is fast approaching and all the elves here at the North Pole are busy working overtime to make sure all the good boys and girls get all the rockets, motors, and accessories they deserve.

:present: PAPA ELF SPECIAL: :present:

To encourage more people to sign up and not wait till the last day, Papa Elf will send a special gift to one lucky participant. Every person who signs up will be entered in a drawing. Their name will be entered in the drawing on a daily basis starting the day they sign up, till Thanksgiving Day. So the sooner you sign up, the more entries you get! (note – if you want to opt out of the drawing, please let Papa Elf know when you submit your entry)

:tree:Rules::tree:
- DO NOT PARTICIPATE IF YOU HAVE NO INTENTION OF SENDING A GIFT
- Signup deadline will be Thanksgiving Day, Thursday November 28th at 11:59pm. You will be contacted via e-mail with your recipients name, TRF handle, address, and wish list starting as early as November 30th.
-Feel free to post your wishlist within this thread too. It is fun to see what other people are wishing for.
-You are encouraged to change your signature to advertise this event.
- Buy a gift for your recipient. How much you spend is optional, but typically most people spend about $20-$30 for their recipient. Participating vendors will be posted in another thread soon.
- Contact Papa Elf and let him know the gift is ordered.
- Receive your gift and report you got something in the mail.
- Christmas Morning - open your gift! Woe to the one that opens their gift early!
- Post whatcha got and guess who sent it. Don’t forget to say thanks

:candy:SIGN UP HAS ENDED :candy:
If you want to participate, send an e-mail titled "Secret Santa 2013" to "[email protected]". Note: the old n3tjm e-mail will still work. In the e-mail, include the following information:

TRF Handle:
Real Name:
Address: (Contact Jim Flis if you need my address)
Phone #:
Wishlist:

Please start a new line for each field, this makes it easier to enter the data into Papa Elf's spread sheet of good boys and girls. Your Phone number will remain private, Papa Elf just needs it in case he needs to contact you.

Example: (This is Papa Elf's actual wishlist)
N3tjm <Enter>
Douglas Gardei <Enter>
Somewhere St. <Enter> [Contact Jim Flis if you need my real address]
Somewhere, XX. XXXXX <Enter>
555-555-5555 <Enter>

Wishlist:
Aerotech &#8211; Arreaux, Barracuda, Cheetah, G-Force, Initiator, Sumo

Estes: Alien Invader, Argent PS, Ascender PS, Astron Sky Dart II, EPM 010, Black Star Voyager, Blast Off Flight Pack, Blue Ninja. Cosmic Interceptor, Der Red Max, Designer Kit Special, Eliminator-E, Equinox, Executioner, Fusion X25, HiFlier XL, Interceptor E, Jetliner Mini, Laser Lance, Load Star, Long Tom, Magician, Majestic PS, Maxi Alpha III, Mega Der Red Max, Mini Max, MIRV, Nike Smoke PS, Outlander, Partizon PS, Phoenix Bird, Photon Probe, Red, Green, Gold, Yellow, or Pink Crayon, Satellite Interceptor, Screaming Eagle, Solar Warrior, STM 012, Stormcaster, Stratocruiser, Super Neon XL, Space Eagle, Trajector PS, Vector Force, Ventris PS, V2;

Fliskits: Buckshot, Celtic Thunder, Cut Away Model Rocket Motor, Decim8, dooDad, Journeyman, L-13, Mercury Redstone, Mako, Nantucket Sound, Nell, Proxima Centauri, Shadowloard, Trifecta;

Loc: Expediter, Minie Magg, Phoenix Barebone Kit, Star Fighter 152, Viper III, Vulcanite H76;

Pemberton Technologies: Bucky Jones, Space Ark;

Semroc: Defender, Gehid, Midget, Mini Omega, Mini Optima, Moon Glo, Nomad, Omega Cineroc, Orbital Transport, PSC Infinity, Ranger, Satellite Killer, Starlight, Starship Excalibur, Trident, U.S.S. America, Vector-V, Yung'un's Nuke;

Quest B6-4, C6-3, C6-5 motors, 24pk igniters, Aerospace One, Full Betty, SHX Stilleto.

Other: CTI 24 1 grain case and closure
Pack of F24-4W and F35-5W&#8217;s from Hobbylinc.
Any G Reload from Hobbylinc (shortest delay)
Gift Certificate for AMW
Gift visa to buy Gas.
Anything from Wildman ;)
 
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I guess if you will have me again this year I'm in....My santa sent me some fun stuff and a gift certificate last year (sadly it was from a vendor who chose to put the funds in his pocket)

RM

Oh a wish list? *might as well include everybody FSI-Thunderbolt-G60.jpg
 
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Sweet!!!




I am in:




Wishlist:
Gift Certificates (or store credit) to any of the following:
Giant Leap Rocketry
Wildman Rocketry
Performance Hobbies
Rocketry Warehouse






Rocket Kits:
Any Wildman kit in the Jr or mini size
Any Giant Leap Rocketry Kit with a 29-38mm motor mount
Pro Series 2 kits
Any Formula X kit from rocketry warehouse (where X is less than or equal to 75, preferred color red or yellow)




Motors and Cases
Any Aerotech/Dr Rocket/Hobbyline cases from 18-38mm (except 24-40)
Loki 38-240 case and nozzle
Any CTI motors
29mm CTI spacer
Any Aerotech motors
Any 38mm Loki Motors
Any igniters for MPR or HPR motors (except crapperheads)
Igniter Making kits




Other Stuff:
Carbon Fiber Cloth
Fiberglass Cloth
Kevlar Cloth
Mylar for mandrels
Peel Ply
Epoxy Fillers
29mm or 38mm mandrels
Shock cord (tubular nylon, tubular kevlar)
Nylon Parachutes (24-48 inch)
Nose cone molds
Nose Cones (LOC, PML, Shockwave, Performance Rocketry, sure doesn't matter to me.)
Body Tubes (Any type, Fiberglass, carbon fiber, cardboard, phenolic, blue tube, colored fiberglass, unobtanium...)
Sheets of G10 or Carbon Fiber
1.5 inch heat shrink tubing
Motor retainers (Aeropac, PML HAMR retainer, etc...)
Any altimeter with deployment capabilities
RRC3 Dongle
Braided wire for altimeter bays
Subscription to ROCKETS magazine
Any issues of Extreme Rocketry
Forged Eyebolts
Any size bulkheads of any material
Shear Pins
Black Powder
Ejection canisters
Any switches for altimeter bays.




Winning lotto ticket...
:)


Also, just so you know Papa Elf, I accidentally forgot my info in the first email I sent you. The second email has my info. Sorry!





Matt
 
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I'm in! Email deployed.

My Wishlist:
ultimate wildman
gizmo xl DD
CTI 98mm 6xl hardware set
CTI N5800
CTI O3400
KBA M1450



... Just kidding :wink:



Braden
 
I'm in! Sounds like a lot of fun. Email sent, but I added my wish list below as requested above:

Kits:
Estes &#8211; Viking, US Army Patriot, Solar Flare, Fletcher, V2
Semroc &#8211; SLS Jaguar, SLS Javelin, Arcon-Hi, PSC Infinity, Shrike
FlisKits &#8211; Triskelion, Mercury Redstone, Mako, Tartar, Practor, Nomad
Shrockets &#8211; Sea Sting
Red River &#8211; Red Shift, Red Strike
Dr Zooch &#8211; Mercury Little Joe
Quest - Navaho AGM, Zenith II, Quad Runner, High-Q, Quad Runner, Magnum Sport Loader, Big Dog
Launch Pad &#8211; Perseus, Sidewinder, Pershing
Custom Rockets &#8211; Equinox

Others:
Any motors (B through E)
Hobbylinc Gift Certificate
Hobby Lobby Gift Certificate
Or, surprise me. We are relatively new to rockets (so I&#8217;m even happy with old supplies Santa doesn&#8217;t use or need any longer).
 
Im in. sounds like fun!!!


Giftcards:
Hobbylinc
Apogee components
madcow rocketry

Other:

38mm motor retainer
6oz fiberglass cloth
laminating epoxy kit
black powder
4" removable ebay
peel ply
38mm closures


Rockets:
pro series 2 nike smoe
 
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Also, will we get our secret santa before black friday/saturday?
 
Hmmm. Im on the fence about signing up. Money is pretty tight, but composites arn't. I guess i could make something...
Someone convince me to sign up.

Alex
 
Sure, why not!

Here is my wish list:

cable cutter
RC2+, RC3, or other dual deploy altimeters....
Any reloads for AT 18/20, 24/40, 29/40-130, 29/180, 38mm 120 through 720
Loki 38-120 hardware
Mid to High Power Scratch parts: nose cones, airframe reducers/transitions, blue tube, etc...
Estes: Big Daddy, Ventris, Mega Der Red Max
Fliskits: Adfecta, Drake
LOC: Onyx, Viper IV
Madcow: 4" Squat, 4" Cowabunga, 4" Tembo, 2.6" FG Piranha, Momba,
DynaStar: Snarky
Sunward: King Tut's Pyramid
Leading Edge: Reactor
Giant Leap: Liberty 2
Rocketry Warehouse: Formula 38, Formula 54 , Formula 75 , Lil Rascal G12
Always Ready: Basic Blues 38, Basic Blues 3"
3D Rocketry: Circulus, Nautilus III, Paradox
 
I'm in.

Wishlist:
Rocket Kits:
Fliskits: Paylord
Giant Leap Rocketry: Mariah 38
Rocketry Warehouse: Formula 54 kit cherry, Formula 75 kit blueberry
Loc: 3.90" V2, Expediter
Madcow: 4" AGM-33 Pike, Torrent

Motors and Cases:
29mm 6G case
29mm spacer
Quest Q2G2 igniters (long)

Other:
rail buttons
4.0" Madcow ebay
4" body tubes
Duplicolor Paint Shop clear
Duplicolor Paint Shop Candy Coats (any color)
Shear pins
Plastic rivets
Charge wells
Any rocket or AV bay hardware
 
I'm in, I'm in...

Wishlist:

Rocket kits:

  • Aerotech Mustang
  • Apogee Aspire
  • Bad Azz Defender MkII
  • Dr Zooch Mercury Redstone
  • Dynastar Grappler
  • Estes Baby Bertha
  • Estes Mini Max
  • FlisKits A.C.M.E. Spitfire
  • FlisKits Corona &#8203;& Corona II (combo)
  • NewWay Square One
  • Odd'l Rockets Break-Away
  • Pemberton Technologies Kraken
  • Red River Rocketry Diamond Ring
  • Sirius Rocketry Mid-Power Interrogator
  • SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon
  • Squirrel Works Metropolitan Police Call Box

Motors:

  • Aerotech 18 or 24 mm single use motors (any)
  • Aerotech 18 or 24 mm reloadable hardware (any)
  • Aerotech First Fire Jr igniters

Books:

  • Model rocket: Design and construction by Timothy S Van Milligan (good condition used and/or 2nd edition is fine)

Miscellany:

  • Top Flight Recovery Thin Mill parachutes (any from 9" to 24")
  • Estes or Jolly Logic Altimeter
  • Plano Hip Roof Tackle Box with 6 Trays (8616-00)
 
Email sent to join! This is going to be fun!


Wishlist (in order):

Centuri - SSV Scorpion
Centuri - Buck Rogers Draconian Marauder
Estes - Cosmic Interceptor
Estes - Scissor Wing Transport
Estes - Crossbow SST
Estes - Interceptor E
Estes - Alien Invader
Estes - Asteroid Hunter

Or surprise me with any low power exotic besides Black Star Voyager, Satellite Interceptor, or Johnny Star Commander.
 
Email sent. Woot!

Here's my wishlist:

Estes (order of preference) - 0873 Hawkeye, 2015 Strike Fighter, 2071 CATO, 1958 Black Brant II, 2029 Raven, 1929 Stealth, 1994 Ram Jet, 2077 Skywinder, 2115 SR-X, 2030 Hornet, 2034 Deep Space Transport, 2025 Meteor, 1987 Sentinel, 2127 Sizzler, 2035 Optima, 1986 Reliant, 0876 Micron, 0882 Ninja, 2125 AIM-9 Sidewinder, 2153 AIM-120 AMRAAM, 2151 Big Dawg, 7221 STM-012, 9700 Leviathan, 3231 Curvilinear, 3234 JBR-013, 3232 Centuri

FlisKits - US TOG, Borealis, Corona and Booster, Praetor and Booster, Trifecta, Traffic Cones

Semroc - Oribital Transport, LAUNCH Model Rocket, Tau Zero, Starship Excalibur

Q-modeling - Hawkeye, Bullpup, EAC Viper

Sirius - Interrogator (18mm or 24mm), SS Cestris

Shrox - Canux

Red River Rocketry - Stratos

Madcow - Lil Goblin, Lil Squat

Motors - any Estes, any Aerotech 18-24mm including RMS.
 
Email Sent. I suppose I'm in.


Great. Now I have to decide what I want.

Alex
 
I haven't done this for a few years but I'm in. I live in Canada, so I will post a wish list that includes where in Canada you can order from.

Wishlist:

From www.allrocketengines.ca:
Estes Trajector
Estes Altimeter
Rocketarium Hydra Sandhawk Kit

From www.sunwardhobbies.ca:
CTI Pro29 Hardware Starter Kit!
CTI Pro38 3 Grain Hardware Casing
18 mm Floating Head Piston Launcher

If anything is shipped from the US, please make sure it is sent USPS. Otherwise I will have to pay a $50 brokerage fee.

Thanks!
 
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Email sent, I'm in again this year.


Wish List:

Kits:

Dynastar: Snarky

Wildman: Jart

Rocketry Warehouse: Formula 54

Madcow Rocketry: 1.6" Screech, 2.2" Phoenix

Estes: Big Daddy

3D Rocketry: 3-Demon, Paradox

Other:

Tru-Core: 76mm 5/8" 2 grain casting set

54mm 1/2" 2 grain casting set

Archtype Rocketry: Cable Cutter redundancy pack

Cesaroni Technology: PRO 29 6 Grain XL casing,

Pro54 1 grain case

Bluetube 2.0: 2.15 (54mm X .062 wall X 48") airframe

ACME: 54MM fincan

Shockwave Rocketry: 54MM Von Karman fiberglass 6:1 nosecone

Rocketry Warehouse: 38MM Filament Nosecone

Subscription to Rockets magazine

Carbon fiber cloth

AP or other research supplies

Gift Certificate:

Wildman

Madcow

Whats Up Hobbies

Apogee
 
It's Election Day! - I'll throw my hat into the ring. Thanks for doing this again Papa Elf. Email soon with wish list.
 
OK, in again. Can't wait to stalk/study my victim of randomly mailed rocket goodies.
 
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