Now there's an idea! Start a Thread on the most creative way to modify the Leaper so that it works as a true model rocket and not just a dangerous toy with a motor at the bottom (I suspect the answer is to carve away all the foam, add fins and a body tube, and you're really left with from the original is the motor mount).
Dangerous toy???
You have a stunningly negative attitude towards it (up to the point of calling it dangerous) for never having attempted to fly it. Seems very similar to the baseless arguments submitted regarding Estes quality and outsourcing from a few days ago.
I was actually considering making a tiny roll of tp and attaching it to the side.
13mm mini motors are tons of cheap park launch fun. You get 4 in a pack and I think the A10 has almost the same boost as the A8 and weighs much less.
And yet, I've spent over $350 at the Estes website and probably spent more than an additional $500 on various Estes products throughout the course of the year via various vendors. So yeah, I'm all doom and gloom regarding the biggest manufacturer of products of the hobby I'm in. I ride a Honda as well, but I've lobbed criticism at Big Red when they deserved it.
Key point 'when they deserved it'.
It would be a short thread cuz it's a five minute build.
It started as speculation regarding why C5's had less "punch" than they used to, but I did end up bringing up the recent CATOs I've experienced. Now, in fairness, customer support has been more than happy to replace the motors, and frankly, I can say I'm a satisfied customer of their products (my Avatar is a Big Daddy -- one of my favorite kits EVER of any vendor). But that said, I had a CATO in October and then another in December. Both from recently (within the last 8 months) purchased motors from Hobby Lobby. And this is a well-known issue. I'm not the only person experiencing this. So, there's either an issue in manufacturing, or there's an issue with how Hobby Lobby stores these motors. And we might be able to rule out HB if others have had these issues and purchased the motors elsewhere. There's legitimate cause for some criticism. Now, some on this forum may think I'm being a little harsh, but that's me. I'm not the nicest person in the world, I freely admit that. Everyone needs to learn to either deal with me as a little more sarcastic than most and/or grow a thicker skin. But, you'll discover that most of my barbs are self-depricating, so in a sense, I'm mostly harmless, sort of like Earth in HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Indeed. Isn't that part of what attracts us to the hobby? What does LDRS stand for anyway? "Large Decorated Rocket Ships"?
I'm not 100% sure I did that, but I remember building an all balsa wood Phoenix from "Battle of the Planets", and I definitely launched that with some motors.
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...might need a little nose weight...Well sorry to inerupt, the flaming...
I got my Star Orbiter Kits and extras today... guess what the mystery rocket was...... yep Leaper
What do you think... E16-0 or F15-0 to A10....
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Just kidding... I wouldn't do that.
Passes my inspection...send it!Well sorry to inerupt, the flaming...
I got my Star Orbiter Kits and extras today... guess what the mystery rocket was...... yep Leaper
What do you think... E16-0 or F15-0 to A10....
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Just kidding... I wouldn't do that.
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