I would have thought it was certified on 4/1/2021.According to that information the motor was tested on 4/92021 and certified on 4/17/2021
Probably, but there's nothing on their site about any specific motors for sale.Estes Energetics, maybe?
Same here....I would have thought it was certified on 4/1/2021.
I would have thought it was certified on 4/1/2021.
Estes Energetics, maybe?
Probably, but there's nothing on their site about any specific motors for sale.
I also thought it was a joke, hence my April Fools comment. Looks like it's legit. I hope Estes enters the high power market.I thought you were making a joke, but there really is an Estes Energetics. The website is way too slow, but I went through it and then did some more searches and it is a real thing. How cool if they are going to produce motors for the hobby and not just military etc!!!!
Sandy.
Read a little closer "Estes Energetics is a spinout of Estes Industries, the world leader in small solid-propellant rocket motors, and bridges the gap between the hobby and rocket industry and large aerospace companies. We are focused on serving government and commercial customers across a range of industries and applications".I thought you were making a joke, but there really is an Estes Energetics. The website is way too slow, but I went through it and then did some more searches and it is a real thing. How cool if they are going to produce motors for the hobby and not just military etc!!!!
Sandy.
A full stack pancake motor or a coffee can motor.Then why would they submit it to S&T for certification? In any case, that's an interesting motor... you don't find that many 152mm motors, especially in the L impulse class.
From some of the things I’ve read and from what Aerotech’s Gary Rosenfield said in his latest interview on The Rocketry Show podcast, institutional, government and commercial buyers are the fastest growing part of the high power rocketry world - Gary said currently those customers are 10% of Aerotech/RCS sales but that’s up from near zero just a few years ago. So not surprised that the Langford’s are leveraging the Estes name to get a slice of a growing market.Read a little closer "Estes Energetics is a spinout of Estes Industries, the world leader in small solid-propellant rocket motors, and bridges the gap between the hobby and rocket industry and large aerospace companies. We are focused on serving government and commercial customers across a range of industries and applications".
We can only hope, we have some great but limited choices in the hobby today, with AT, CTI, and Loki, maybe a fourth finger in the pie will improve access and innovation.From some of the things I’ve read and from what Aerotech’s Gary Rosenfield said in his latest interview on The Rocketry Show podcast, institutional, government and commercial buyers are the fastest growing part of the high power rocketry world - Gary said currently those customers are 10% of Aerotech/RCS sales but that’s up from near zero just a few years ago. So not surprised that the Langford’s are leveraging the Estes name to get a slice of a growing market.
Read a little closer "Estes Energetics is a spinout of Estes Industries, the world leader in small solid-propellant rocket motors, and bridges the gap between the hobby and rocket industry and large aerospace companies. We are focused on serving government and commercial customers across a range of industries and applications".
I get it now (I'm a little slow sometimes), I did find it odd A) the motor diamter and B) that NAR S&T certified the motor afaik we hobbyists are the only ones needing the cert (and colleges?).I guess my point was "How cool IF they are going to produce motors for the hobby and not just military etc!!!!". Maybe the government or another commercial customer needs NAR S&T motor certification for use.
Sandy.
NASA Student Launch Initiative teams use certified motors https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2022_nasa_students_launch_handbook.pdfI get it now (I'm a little slow sometimes), I did find it odd A) the motor diamter and B) that NAR S&T certified the motor afaik we hobbyists are the only ones needing the cert (and colleges?).
So yes...colleges too.NASA Student Launch Initiative teams use certified motors https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2022_nasa_students_launch_handbook.pdf
NASA Student Launch Initiative teams use certified motors https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2022_nasa_students_launch_handbook.pdf
6" diameter but only 8" long is not exactly what I envision when I think of motors for SLI. Coffee can is an apt description.
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