WRONG!The helpful AC Supply sales person said that Estes now has all the kits in hand but there was a last minute legal problem that was related to Virgin Airway's
Nice, anyone have a picture of the kit?Canadian Arrow
Originally posted by GL-P
Nice, anyone have a picture of the kit?
https://www.rebar-rocketry.com/products/Estes/Estes Canadian Arrow Model Rocket.htmOriginally posted by GL-P
Nice, anyone have a picture of the kit?
Yes.Originally posted by n3tjm
Is it just me, or it looks like Estes changed their parachute colors in those kits?
Yep, I bought and assembled a new Firestreak SST snap together kit and that came with a rubber shock cord. Even after two flights, it isn't showing any wear.Originally posted by Initiator001
All three kits have rubber shock cords instead of elastic.
The parachutes from the 60's were checkerboard pattern in red & black, yellow & black, orange & black, red & white, orange & white, and red & yellow.Originally posted by Initiator001
Yes.
The Rubicon has a red & black colored parachute. I'm not sure what the pattern is for the 'chute.
The small kits have yellow & black parachutes which appear to have a checkerboard pattern.
All three kits have rubber shock cords instead of elastic.
The Brown tubes were alway sturdier than the white tubes.Originally posted by Initiator001
Here's a look at the back of the packaging.
Note the BROWN kraft paper body tubes.
The wing pivot mechanism is 6-8 white plastic pieces (I have yet to open the packaging).
I'd like to know that too. I definately want to get one of those babies to go with my Orbital Transport.Originally posted by BobH48
The Brown tubes were alway sturdier than the white tubes.
I need to get one of those.
How long will it take to get to the East coast???
Originally posted by Initiator001
Okay. I went back to my local hobby shop and bought the re-issue of the Scissor Wing Transport.
Here's the front of the packaging: