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Hello all,
It has been several decades since I have built and flown rockets.:surprised: The 'old boy' caught the fever again.
Anyhow, I was intrigued by the Designer's Special (I like my name better Box o' Parts) so decided to purchase and explore.
Estes marketing for this product is horrible. If you do a lot of building and flying of engine size E and lower you need to purchase this item, even if you are only doing repairs.
The kit includes 8 - 18" body tubes, 2ea BT-20, 50, 55, 60.
Laser cut centering rings, engine mounts, thrust rings, 7 parachutes, connecting tubes, some lugs, 10 nose cones, some transitions, bunch of other stuff. See attached picture and look at the list under item number 001980 at Estes.
There is a clear body tube included although in the photo it looks sort of bluish. It is next to the transitions in the attached photo.
The instruction booklet, all 15 pages, is pretty standard very little new there but a couple of items.
One piece of information that I wish they had included was the weight of each of the fins on the fin template, so you can use for CG guesstimates. (I may have to work on that after I finish my Alien Invader kit). I would have liked a couple of balsa nose cones, but without some design software AKA Rocksim or similar, the plastic is light enough that you can't screw it up toooo bad.
PS> I got a sweet deal on this at AC Supply.
It has been several decades since I have built and flown rockets.:surprised: The 'old boy' caught the fever again.
Anyhow, I was intrigued by the Designer's Special (I like my name better Box o' Parts) so decided to purchase and explore.
Estes marketing for this product is horrible. If you do a lot of building and flying of engine size E and lower you need to purchase this item, even if you are only doing repairs.
The kit includes 8 - 18" body tubes, 2ea BT-20, 50, 55, 60.
Laser cut centering rings, engine mounts, thrust rings, 7 parachutes, connecting tubes, some lugs, 10 nose cones, some transitions, bunch of other stuff. See attached picture and look at the list under item number 001980 at Estes.
There is a clear body tube included although in the photo it looks sort of bluish. It is next to the transitions in the attached photo.
The instruction booklet, all 15 pages, is pretty standard very little new there but a couple of items.
One piece of information that I wish they had included was the weight of each of the fins on the fin template, so you can use for CG guesstimates. (I may have to work on that after I finish my Alien Invader kit). I would have liked a couple of balsa nose cones, but without some design software AKA Rocksim or similar, the plastic is light enough that you can't screw it up toooo bad.
PS> I got a sweet deal on this at AC Supply.