rokitflite
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This is a build thread 30 years in the making. Back in the early 80s when I was a somewhat new model rocket enthusiast, I was looking at a copy of Radio Controlled Modeler. American Hobby Center had an ad for a Mattel single channel radio control unit. My mind thought back to a year or two earlier when I had visited Estes industries in Penrose Colorado for the very first time. I met a wonderful lady named Oakie Six while on my first tour of the company. Oakie had been there since the very early years of the company and above her work station there were a whole bunch of built models from the earliest years of Estes Industries. There was one that caught my eye, a very unique boost glider, I saw it and fell in love. I took a couple of measurements and thought I had all that I needed (I was like 13
I know better now) to make my own clone of this model. The first flights were a disaster to say the least; there was hissing looping and thrashing of the model and screaming, running and ducking from my friends that came to watch the train wreck. Still, I LOVED the look of the model. I had dreams of building a larger version and putting the Mattel remote in it so I could steer it where I wanted it to go. I imagined launching in my driveway, flying it over the neighborhood then landing it back in my driveway
Yeah, right. I never built the thing, but DID gain a bunch of RC knowledge and experience since then.
Flash forward to the present. After building several upscale RC Mach 10s and a flying Jenny, I decided to have another go at my old favorite. Add 30+ years of experience AND much better, smaller RC technology I think Im ready to go at it again!
This is gonna be a "Mostly pictures" build thread since I am a slow assed typist! But hey, we all like pictures here right?
Flash forward to the present. After building several upscale RC Mach 10s and a flying Jenny, I decided to have another go at my old favorite. Add 30+ years of experience AND much better, smaller RC technology I think Im ready to go at it again!
This is gonna be a "Mostly pictures" build thread since I am a slow assed typist! But hey, we all like pictures here right?