Estes - Cloud Hopper (#0851) Gallery

My Dad built this model for me when I was five years old, it was my first model rocket. It flew many times until I got bored with it in the early 80s and it sat around getting hangar rash for the next thirty years. Finally I got around to patching it up, and 30 years after its last flight it took to the skies again, this time with my five year old daughter as the recovery crew!

Welcome to the Estes Cloud Hopper (#0851) Gallery on TRF.

This gallery showcases the Estes Cloud Hopper (#0851) and those rockets derived from it. Particularly appropriate in this thread are the following:


Estes: Cloud Hopper: #0851



as well as any upscales, downscales, clones, kitbashes or other derivative works. Even Goonies qualify!

Estes Cloud Hopper (#0851) Basic Information.

Estes Industries

MODEL NAME: Cloud Hopper Also known as:

NUMBER: #0851

Introduced: 1973
Final Year: 1975
Designer: Wayne Kellner, Mike Dorffler

Type: Goony
Motor Mount: 1x13mm
Recovery: Parachute
Stages: 1
Length: ~8"
Diameter: 1.637"
Span:
Weight:

Mfg. Description: Cottontail design. Rabbit's foot appearance. Sleek ears. Full color stick-on decals. Quick release engine mount. (Estes 1973 Catalog)



1973 Catalog










First post in this thread featuring this rocket.

See Also: LINKS
EMRR
RocketReviews
Mfg. Page


If you have any additional information on this rocket and/or catalog photos please let us know.

Mine is a BT-80 version that's had a star-crossed career. I had an original back in 1978, but it was painted "Rocket Red", so that's how I first painted my upscale. I decided on a repaint and went with the traditional yellow instead. Decals were enlarged and printed on Bel Decal white inkjet paper. It's had one flight since then, a perfectly normal flight that was within 100' of being a perfectly normal recovery when the Kevlar snapped. :y: The rocket fell to earth and cracked off a couple of fins.