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Took roughly an hour from filling in the webform until the USPS tracking number popped up in my mailbox! Sweet!

I'm in Canada, so I emailed them. About 15 minutes later they replied that one will be on its way! Estes customer service is excellent.
 
Love it! I wish they listed diameters though. Anyone know the diameter of the Door knob?
Well done Estes!
Andrew

The kit diameters are now all listed on the Estes website.

The Doorknob is 3" diameter.
 
Was looking to order the Space Train online at Estes.
Saw it in the catalog but when I went into the ordering screen it is nowhere to be found to put in shopping cart.
Hope they get it in the online store soon

It shows up on the Coming Soon page, you can sign up for an email notification when it is in stock on the product page.
https://estesrockets.com/product-category/coming-soon/
https://estesrockets.com/product/007285-leo-space-train/

Does not appear to have enough wing area to convert to an actual rear-eject glider, you know like the SkyDart, but you can always add more wing area...hmm...might be too heavy though. Looks like a great kit to build stock in any case.
 
Was looking to order the Space Train online at Estes.
Saw it in the catalog but when I went into the ordering screen it is nowhere to be found to put in shopping cart.
Hope they get it in the online store soon

My info says that the LEO Space Train is due to be released at the end of January this year, or early Feb. That is an approximate, but should be very close.
 
It's/was temporarily unavailable but right before the folks at Estes took time off for the holidays it was accidentally deleted from the website so there was much confusion about DRM's fate ;-)
I did notice the Mini-Max was gone. May have been for a while; I haven't looked at a catalog in some time.
 
[emoji848] Little Joe II not in the catalog.
Given how fragile it is I suspect they felt it could do more harm to their rep than good. Still haven't flown mine. Also suspect the size of the market for that particular kit, compared to the cost of producing it, made it less viable as a continued production item. Still....I'm glad I got one. I was hoping to see a Merc/Atlas or a Saturn 1B this year but... there's always next year.
 
I did notice the Mini-Max was gone. May have been for a while; I haven't looked at a catalog in some time.

Last catalog appearance for the Mini Max was 2016 - though there was no 2017 catalog. It’s been out of stock/discontinued for awhile - maybe six - eight months ago?
 
Love it! I wish they listed diameters though. Anyone know the diameter of the Door knob?
Well done Estes!
Andrew

Hi, Andrew !

I just exchanged several emails with John Boren. Apparently, many people are unhappy that the diameters were not listed. However, the data is available on the Estes website and, hopefully, will be included in the 2021 catalog.

DOORKNOB :

https://estesrockets.com/product/009720-pro-series-ii-doorknob

Recommended Engines
E16-4, F15-6

Projected Max Altitude
1100 ft. (335 m)

Recovery System
24 in. (61 cm) Parachute

Length
26.9 in. (68.3 cm)

Diameter
3 in. (76 mm)

Estimated Weight
10 oz. (283.5 g)

Age Recommendation
Estes model rocketry is recommended for boys and girls ages 10+ with adult supervision for those under 12, and rocketeers of all ages.

Dave F.
 
You're welcome !

Frankly, I question the burn time on the C5 . . . I believe it would have to be shorter than the C6 burn, but I could be mistaken.

Dave F.

Yeah, I looked at their specs in regards to burn time, avg thrust, peak thrust, propellant weight, and total impulse. Something doesn’t add up in the specs unless they are using two different formulas of black powder in the same motor. I highly doubt that. Even if they were, it didn’t add up mathematically. I suspect a misprint in the specs somewhere. I think we’ll see the truth when the motor is tested and verified.
 
Yeah, I looked at their specs in regards to burn time, avg thrust, peak thrust, propellant weight, and total impulse. Something doesn’t add up in the specs unless they are using two different formulas of black powder in the same motor. I highly doubt that. Even if they were, it didn’t add up mathematically. I suspect a misprint in the specs somewhere. I think we’ll see the truth when the motor is tested and verified.

Agreed . . . Once we get the "real world numbers", then we'll know.

Dave F.
 
The c5 curve looks right and is probably correct -- the legacy c6 designation if certed today would be c4.7, assuming they didn't want to round it for obvious reasons.
 
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