Some people just want the convenience of buying kits, period.
I do generally agree that $40 is a bit (!) "out there" for a small kit like this, with no unique parts and no decals. Compare with the Super Orbital Transport at $50, it's bonkers.
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I do generally agree that $40 is a bit (!) "out there" for a small kit like this, with no unique parts and no decals. Compare with the Super Orbital Transport at $50, it's bonkers.
It is, but it will sell on eBay for $100 in a year.
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Are you in the right thread?
That is a good question - appears tangential.
It happens.
Maybe next time I'll buy as many as I can get, then sell them here at the regular price, so a few members could get them even after Estes sold out.
Haha, there's one now for auction, 9 bids and it's still below retail price! 
But the seller hedged their bets with an outlandish $20 shipping charge, so I guess they'll still get a little profit.
But the seller hedged their bets with an outlandish $20 shipping charge, so I guess they'll still get a little profit.
Looks like the seller of this one (albeit, an original one) didn't need to hedge his bets. Front ring wasn't even put on properly.
Ebay # 334995476770
https://www.ebay.com/itm/334995476770
Hans.
Ebay # 334995476770
https://www.ebay.com/itm/334995476770
Hans.
Showing in stock again.
If you snooze you lose.
If you snooze you lose.
I'm looking...but, my pile is already too big. (HERESY! I know...). The fact that you could pop an 18 mm Aerotech "D" in this is a plus... Man, I still remember that flaming liftoff!
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Just leave out the motor mount. Tape thrust ring and tape retention, fly it on Estes D's or E's. With all that drag, you could probably even use the mid delays sold at Hobby Lobby.
And........sold out again.
Maybe for good?
Maybe for good?
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Hmmm, but so many people keep saying it is overpriced and easy to clone........Go figure, I ordered 2 when Estes sent me the email and I am happy with my purchase.
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The same idiots who pay $100 for a Starlight are the same who are paying $3-500 for a MDRM. At the end of the day, it is literally a box of cardboard and wood with a pretty picture on the packaging....
Exactly.
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And actually, with a little bit of work, you can take the cardboard box the rocket comes in, and make it another rocket....
I didn’t order one, but came back from lunch to find this at my desk!
My brother dropped it off while I was out. I thought he still had our old one, but he said nope.
This reissue is a fair amount bigger than the original.
(Edit: it’s not bigger than the original, I must have shrunk.)
My brother dropped it off while I was out. I thought he still had our old one, but he said nope.
This reissue is a fair amount bigger than the original.
(Edit: it’s not bigger than the original, I must have shrunk.)
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Really? The main body tube, as I recall, was a BT-50. This is bigger? I anxiously await a comparison!I didn’t order one, but came back from lunch to find this at my desk!
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My brother dropped it off while I was out. I thought he still had our old one, but he said nope.
This reissue is a fair amount bigger than the original.
I stand corrected!
I must remember it being smaller than it was. The ‘71 catalog shows is as 18” tall, the same as this one says on the package.
Sorry about that!
It may be overpriced, but I couldn't resist. Damn it's good looking. I papered the lower part of the big fins, and --- heaven forbid --- I put on epoxy fillets. I weighed it on a milligram scale before and after the epoxy, the glue only added 3.2g (less than 1/8oz). So I'm OK with that. What with the paper, etc., it came in a bit heavy at 2.9oz. But should still fly OK.
Hans.
Hans.
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That's a beauty.
First flight!
I stuck the landing.
Hans.
I stuck the landing.
Hans.
Showing in stock again.
Save yourself some money. https://www.erockets.biz/semroc-laser-cut-fins-starlight-3-32-and-1-16-balsa-estes-k-32-sem-fv-21/
It's questionable how that saves money. How much is shipping? And then how much is the cost ***and shipping*** on tubes and nose cones? And how much is your time worth going through all this monkey business?
You might save a bit in the end, but life is short and I'd rather spend time on my build pile and not on scouring the internet trying to find some cheap parts.
Hans.
Edit: I see that eRockets has some tubes and nose cones, although it's tough to know if the cone is correct. Probably close enough. So that helps a bunch with shipping if it all comes from the same source. But of course that's just the beginning. You need a motor mount, centering rings, and parachute.
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Here ya go. Everything one place. $25.10 shipped to my door.
https://www.erockets.biz/semroc-balsa-nose-cone-bt-50-4-4-ogive-sem-bnc-50y/
https://www.erockets.biz/semroc-body-tube-bt-50-12-7-long-sem-bt-50l/
https://www.erockets.biz/semroc-body-tube-bt-70-0-688-long-sem-rt-70/
https://www.erockets.biz/semroc-laser-cut-fins-starlight-3-32-and-1-16-balsa-estes-k-32-sem-fv-21/
https://www.erockets.biz/semroc-engine-adapter-kit-18mm-to-24mm-sem-em-20-50/
I'll agree that someone new to rockets might not have things like motor mounts, shock cords and parachutes laying around but they will after being in this hobby for a month. I'm sure you have a huge pile sitting somewhere like the rest of us.
Best part is not supporting Estes when they try to sell you $20 worth of parts (retail) for double.
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