heada
Well-Known Member
Limited-time deal: Estes Saturn V 1:200 Scale https://a.co/d/j3p26hH
You will most definitely want to increase the 'chute size. I have a couple dozen flights on one and am on the second or third set of fins, even after repairing them with CA, then epoxy.Yeah! Good deal! I got one and like is so much I had to get a 2nd one. Keeping one as display model. Watched a video of one being launched. Looks like it comes down pretty fast with the included chute. I'm going to use 2 chutes since the desert here is like concrete.
Also, Estes told me that additional flying fins won't be available until at least November.
Doesn't help that Estes screwed the kit by not putting a motor tube in to help the motor stay straight. The safety guy must've been off the day Estes tested the 1:200 Saturn V.You will most definitely want to increase the 'chute size. I have a couple dozen flights on one and am on the second or third set of fins, even after repairing them with CA, then epoxy.
There is much discussion about this model and erratic flying that can mostly be traced to people not paying attention when installing the motor retainer, which also retains the fins, making sure the fins are seated properly and not loose. The Q-Jet C12-4FJ (or C18-4W) are both good motors for it, as well as the Estes C5-3. The Estes C6-3 does work....but not on a breezy day.
No one at Estes screwed up. There's a plenty deep enough socket to install the forward end of the motor into. All you have to do is pay a little attention. How inattentive should they assume their customers are?Doesn't help that Estes screwed the kit by not putting a motor tube in to help the motor stay straight. The safety guy must've been off the day Estes tested the 1:200 Saturn V.
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