CW has a 4" for sale. Composite Warehouse
I have one on order right now - just awaiting shipment. CW says it comes with Head End Deployment which will be great.
It seems that lack of supply is killing off Madcow. The vast majority of Madcow’s fiberglass kits and parts have been “Out of Stock Coming Soon” for over a year. They should change that message to “Out of Stock Never Coming Again in Your Lifetime.” If Curtis is the sole supplier of fiberglass for the kits Madcow sells, then buying from Composite Warehouse IS the place you need to go.
Though, even much of Madcow’s cardboard and plywood kits, plastic nosecones, parts in general, including balsa stock, seems to be in short supply. I just ordered their cardboard and plywood 4” Big Fizz, but wanted the longer plastic nosecone because it would basically be an upscale Estes Alpha. They notified me that the longer nosecone was ”out of stock” and that they may never get that nosecone back in stock. Don’t know who their supplier is for those parts, but supply problems are severely hampering Madcow’s business.
Agreed. I have pretty much stopped looking at Madcow for FG kits/parts. I just go to CW now and hope the shipping issues of the past don't bite me.
It is much more concerning to me that Madcow now owns Aeropack. If they can't keep those parts in stock, that is a much bigger issue. As soon as I have the finances, I plan to stock up on Aeropack parts I care about.
Pics please...My CW smoke got delivered today. I have it unboxed and took a quick look over the parts. A quick dry fitting felt a little tight but the kit looks great in white fiberglass. I especially appreciate the filament wound nosecone over the old gel coat nosecones. I still have to dry fit everything for real and figure out the anchor for the harness in the nosecone. The kit does include a coupler / AV bay and stepped lids as well as a switch band so all the bits are there for HED, I just need to figure out the layout that works for me.
Let's see if the camera focused on the right bits here..
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Awesome, thanks! That nosecone looks great - the one I got with my kit (a while back) was pretty rough. Needed a lot of work to get it in shape. That one looks smooth.
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