Estes 2157 1/100 Saturn V - Late June 2016 Arrival!

jsargevt · Apr 27, 2016

I didn't see any threads on this one:
https://www.estesrockets.com/coming-soon/002157-saturn-v

That is right, the Saturn V is making a comeback. Between this and the ESTES Shuttle, it appears that I'll be giving Estes some of my rocketry business this summer!

I am excited to build a second one to complement the one which I crashed and am rebuilding.

Mushtang · Apr 27, 2016

https://www.rocketryforum.com/showt...g-Soon!-Estes-Saturn-V&highlight=estes+saturn

And it's been discussed in a few other threads.

I'm VERY excited and will be ordering it as soon as it's on sale. I built one about 5 years ago but never added the parachutes so I've never flown it. I'd like to build a new one to fly.

Now if only they'd bring back the Space Shuttle...

MALBAR 70 · Apr 27, 2016

I too built one several years ago. It's been a display only model for a couple of years, after a E 20 Cato gutted it.
I'm quite excited about this release as well, I can see one in my build pile already.

clarinet · Jul 1, 2016

I built one last year, an old kit I bought on Ebay. Took awhile to build, but came out nicely and

it flew very well on an E30 to 400-500 ft or so. I'm thinking of an F24 next time to take it a bit higher. This is a photo of it along with a Red Arrow Hobbies Mercury Redstone.

Tonimus · Jul 2, 2016

Pushed back again. I'm glad I bought an older kit already. Who know, maybe I'll even build it before the new one is available.

Brent · Jul 2, 2016

Has anyone heard if the fins got updated as was being talked about.

samb · Jul 2, 2016

Brent said:
Has anyone heard if the fins got updated as was being talked about.

The Chief Designer said that the new release will have two piece molded plastic fins instead of vacu-formed plastic.

https://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?132045-2016-Estes-Catalog&p=1549576#post1549576

clarinet · Jul 2, 2016

The vacu-formed fins were not a big problem, but the fin fairings were tedious to sand down to get them to match the body tube contour well.

Steven · Jul 2, 2016

I still have four of the last version in the larger boxes hanging around. I'll probably be picking up some of these new ones when they come out as well.

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