Poll question..What’s your favorite Estes kit from these 4 picks
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Here's the Estes V2 I built for my brother-in-law, with scaled fins and scratch-built chain guards for the guide vanes on the tails of the fins. Needs a longer launch rod, though, as the scale fins don't seem to have enough control at low speed to prevent the start of a gravity turn. But it came out looking pretty nice. Paint scheme and tail art for V3 test flight.
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Turning a Daddy into a Bigger Daddy this week with a modest stretch, upgrade to 29mm mmt, baffle, and NC shoulder revisions.
Considering adding on a quad of custom afterburners/smoke generators.
Doorknob/Daddy's/V2 share similar profiles, and are faves. Enjoy fat bulky rockets that I can keep visual on from start to finish without binocs.
MMs to me are interesting but boring and delicate w/o BT reinforcement. Killed one & have had a second kit waiting for several years now.
If I've gotta pick only one, well then it'll be BIG DADDY!!!
Next month might I might say Doorknob (or Leviathan...).
Considering adding on a quad of custom afterburners/smoke generators.
Doorknob/Daddy's/V2 share similar profiles, and are faves. Enjoy fat bulky rockets that I can keep visual on from start to finish without binocs.
MMs to me are interesting but boring and delicate w/o BT reinforcement. Killed one & have had a second kit waiting for several years now.
If I've gotta pick only one, well then it'll be BIG DADDY!!!
Next month might I might say Doorknob (or Leviathan...).
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Tough to say for sure, but if there was an Estes V2 that was in the Pro Series II size, it would be a single answer from me for sure. Having said that, I like the original and re-issue of the Big Daddy, but I'm more of a long/skinny (not to the Mean Machine extreme) rocket guy, vs short and fat. Having said that, I loved my Mean Machine when I was a kid and have done a few like that since and they are a hit at scout launches and demos.
Its a good poll when you don't immediately know the 'right' answer. Part of me thinks Adam3836 might be an AI bot who was inserted into the TRF community a few years ago to do research for the Estes cabal. Goal: Determine the ultimate kit to produce to satisfy the rocket community. I know my answer inside, AI bot, you won't get it out of me. . .
I'll be curious to see the results of the poll!
Sandy.
Its a good poll when you don't immediately know the 'right' answer. Part of me thinks Adam3836 might be an AI bot who was inserted into the TRF community a few years ago to do research for the Estes cabal. Goal: Determine the ultimate kit to produce to satisfy the rocket community. I know my answer inside, AI bot, you won't get it out of me. . .
I'll be curious to see the results of the poll!
Sandy.
lol 
No bot here …
But I agree it’s kinda a challenge this poll
I am familiar with all the rocket choices above and keep bouncing back and forth on my favorite lol
No bot here …
But I agree it’s kinda a challenge this poll
I am familiar with all the rocket choices above and keep bouncing back and forth on my favorite lol
Awesome my build pile has a big daddy that Iam waiting to convert to 29mm
Seems like that will be fun !
Seems like that will be fun !
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The poll results add up to 120% instead of 100%
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I guess will be extra certain on the favorites lol
I set it so all can have two picks cause it’s a tuff call lol
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The poll results add up to 120% instead of 100%
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I guess will be extra certain on the favorites lol
I set it so all can have two picks cause it’s a tuff call lol
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The poll results add up to 120% instead of 100%
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Very amenable to modding. Tubing and bulkheads/upgraded centering rings from Balsa Machining. Consider a stuffer tube if extending the BT (and increasing dead space to pressurize for ejection); I'm not on current build because it's just a few inches extra, and baffle addition saves a ton of wadding/insulation if you're not using Nomex chute protectors. Paper towel-sized wadding (saturate with Borax/boric acid) is a super-cheap upsized version of Estes' overpriced single-ply TP wadding, and provides good wall-to-wall coverage. Got the Dremel out to remove the angled portion of the nosecone and replace with a wooden bulkhead. Can still fly on 24 mm with an adapter if not too much added weight.
I previously modded a Daddy to take a homemade 3/4" ID BP motor and it worked great, but those motor tubing specs can vary by tube batch/source (often just a wee bit larger than 29mm, and longer always used--typically 7-7.5" long), so requires a customized MMT that's more of a challenge to accept conversions to 29/24 mm conventional motors. Doable, but can be a lot of extra work that requires pre-planning.
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I like the looks of the Big Daddy but not the kit
Thanks! It's the best finish I've put on a rocket yet. It's amazing to me the difference in skills and (primarily) patience that one gets as an adult. Plus, as a kid, I had no access to spray paint!
Very true statement as we get older and more refined we learn when to have the patience and our skill set gets a little better
Well most of the time lol
Well most of the time lol
Very nice finish on your V-2. I cloned one a year or so ago, and although it came out ok, yours looks much better. Someday I'll get my Maxi V-2 done, someday.
My Estes V2 was a bit squirrely on it's E flight - and caused a "Heads Up" panic!
(My handwriting is apparently bad!?)https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QPAkP1VPC2o
I have not flown my Mean Machine!?
It's full of purple sparklies too!My Big Daddy flew Sa-Weet! So I voted Big Daddy.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iKQIgUe7I6U
I was going to get a V2 and I mean machine from one of the members on here but the dag gone shipping was too much 
Shipping definitely is a factor lolI was going to get a V2 and I mean machine from one of the members on here but the dag gone shipping was too much
those would of been great kits to grab ….
next time …
Looks like the V2 is the front runner for several days
I must admit it’s a fun rocket to launch
I have one and it gets to fly most every time
mean machine is fun also
pro series doorknob flys well
never flown a big daddy … Yettt…. I have one in the build pile Iam just waiting for the 29mm conversion kit to come back in stock at launch lab and that build will start
I must admit it’s a fun rocket to launch
I have one and it gets to fly most every time
mean machine is fun also
pro series doorknob flys well
never flown a big daddy … Yettt…. I have one in the build pile Iam just waiting for the 29mm conversion kit to come back in stock at launch lab and that build will start
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