Estes 2020 Catalog Online
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I was a flight doc at Altus OK, which was at that time a C5 training base (I was actually a SAC flight surgeon for the tanker tenant wing.). In any case, I got to see the C5 during refueling from both vantage points, the KC-135 passing the gas, and the C5 receiving the gas. The C5 cargo bay is an impressive amount of space.
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lots of cool new rockets this year!
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Reading through all the descriptions of the new kits on the Estes website (they’re on the “Coming Soon” page) I’m thinking yes, the Doorknob fins are plastic. But Estes describes it as a “builder” kit so it’s not going to be like the E2X PSII kits, evidently. The release date for the Doorknob is this spring so I guess we’ll have to wait and see - it’s definitely on my buy list!
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I think FSI sold a 21mm C4 motor that worked just fine. [OT] C4 is a HE, but reportedly it will also burn slowly at low pressures.
Regardless of NFPA codes, manufacturers tend to label their motors for marketing and product differentiation purposes.
From the Estes Doorknob page:
WHAT YOU NEED TO BUILD: Scissors, pencil, ruler, fine sandpaper, epoxy, yellow glue, sanding block, hobby knife, masking tape, primer (white), paint (black, day glow orange, white) and clear coat (optional). Tools, construction and finishing supplies not included.
I didn't see mention of plastic cement so hopefully the fins are ply...or at least balsa.
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The Ascender has been in the catalog for several years now.
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Ditto here.
I'm sad they discontinued Little Joe II. I was hoping for more scale models, not less.
But the LJ II has been around for a while now so I imagine most everybody wanting one has it by now. They are still available at 2 of our LHS here too so not like it will disappear quickly.
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https://www.acsupplyco.com/estes/7227_little_joe_.htm
I am glad to see much more narrative in the catalog, they tell some good stories about each collection of rockets. Makes it almost like a magazine and sparks the imagination of rocketeers young and old alike, like the catalogs from the good old days. Almost like these are the good old days. Someone should write a song about that.
I am glad to see much more narrative in the catalog, they tell some good stories about each collection of rockets. Makes it almost like a magazine and sparks the imagination of rocketeers young and old alike, like the catalogs from the good old days. Almost like these are the good old days. Someone should write a song about that.
KILTED COWBOY
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Just got my catalog in the mail on Saturday
i got my paper copy today. Kits that seem gone besides the previously mentioned Little Joe II: Dazzler, extreme 12, Galaxy Glow, fractured, flying colors, Magician, Rookie, Zinger
Also why aren't diameters in there any more? Maybe because some the space corp stuff is odd?
Also why aren't diameters in there any more? Maybe because some the space corp stuff is odd?
Scott_650
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Not sure why that info was left out of the catalog but the diameters and construction materials are on the website.
Received mine today in Oz. Great service.
This is the first Estes Cattledog I have had in my hands since 2007!
This is the first Estes Cattledog I have had in my hands since 2007!
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BMcD
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When are the "new" Estes kits normally available for sale? It seems that they are trickling out, but has Estes established an historical pattern where the new kits are released on X date?
I’ve been a BAR since 2006 and in my experience the answer is “no”. It’s a slow boat from Guangzhou. We wait and watch.
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New kits arrive all year long. Typically X amount of kits arrive each quarter during teach month. There will be in fact more kits arriving this year that have not been shown yet in the Estes catalog, which it typically what happens every year.
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Well, maybe you might get your wish, someday.
I was looking to see the availability of the C5-3 and in doing a search of their site found this in certificates of compliance:
001617 – C5-3 ENGINES
001620 – B8-5 ENGINES
These are not active links (like most of the other engines listed), but it seems only current production engines are listed.
Maybe both will be available soonish as they are produced in the states rather than China, but with what my eldest calls “coronacation”, production might be delayed.
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Replying to myself here, but I sent an email to Estes. C5s are June timeframe, but with the current situation, that might change.
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The Ascender should be re-names the Descender...It is way too heavy for the recommended motors when two staged...mine crashed with the recommended motors, it was less than horizontal before staging...If you fly the upper stage with composite motors it flys well. (Flew mine with a G146...I was trying to completely destroy it after the crash, but it worked.)
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Pretty much everything about this catalog - all its contents - seem to point to Estes actually investing in their business. Not only new designs, but over the last year or two, they've made investment in a bunch of new tooling for nose cones and other parts. New (reintroduced) motors. I'm glad to see that they have confidence in their business. It seems like a big step forward from years of making due with what they had.
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