Estes Space X Falcon 9 advertisement w/price

[DMehalko]

Thanks! Anyone fly theirs yet?

 

[Patternflyer]

 

[dpower]

So altitude was 155 feet? Do you think that was apogee, or somewhat lower ejection altitude?

Too bad about the fin, looks like it wants a soft field. I’ll wait for spring when our ground isn’t frozen!

 

[Patternflyer]

So altitude was 155 feet? Do you think that was apogee, or somewhat lower ejection altitude?

Too bad about the fin, looks like it wants a soft field. I’ll wait for spring when our ground isn’t frozen!

I was running the Jolly Logic 2 Altimeter. It indicated Apogee at 155' and ejection altitude at 137'. Had the rocket not arched over a bit like it did, I could have gotten a little more altitude out of it.

Interesting note: The advertising and the box for the Falcon 9 says it comes with an 18" parachute. Not wanting to open up the brand new chute in the box, I decided to use my own used 18" chute. Yes, she came down pretty hard and busted off a fin. Then it dawned on me, the chute that came with it in the box is red, which, according to Estes' chute guide, is a 24" chute. I contacted Estes about that and they agreed that the 18" is a missprint and that they would correct that, but I've yet to see a change. Additionally, they did sent me a replacement fin set because of their error in printing the chute size. But they they followed up with "Please ensure you use the chute size we recommend", which is funny, because that's exactly what I did........

My 2nd flight with it used a 24" chute and it came down slower. I don't know if it was slow enough to prevent a fin break because I caught it........

 

[KennB]

A misprint on the first edition should increase the value down the road; proof of an early production model.
Too bad you opened and flew it.

 

[Patternflyer]

Hindsight is always 20/20 right? And I should have invested in that fruit company Apple back in the 80's too! LOL Just funnin' with ya.

Value may increase, but nothing beats the value of watching a rocket go Shooooosh! up into the sky!

 

[Grog6]

I bought a spacex rocket from their website a few years ago; it has thin transparent fins that don't really feel like they'll work well, but will shred on the way up.

 

[OverTheTop]

Funnily enough the transparent fins on those work very well .

 

[neil_w]

For anyone still wondering who wants to buy one for $150... take a look at this Twitter thread, it is quite interesting:


There are a bunch of replies from people who had no idea such a thing existed, and who (claim to) want one. Estes needs to (somehow) get the word out better to the SpaceX crowd.

 

[Antares JS]

For anyone still wondering who wants to buy one for $150... take a look at this Twitter thread, it is quite interesting:


There are a bunch of replies from people who had no idea such a thing existed, and who (claim to) want one. Estes needs to (somehow) get the word out better to the SpaceX crowd.

It was somehow lost on me how large it was, but yeah, it's 1/100 scale, not 1/200 like the SV and SLS.

 

[mh9162013]

and who (claim to) want one

That's the key. I mean, I want one, but I can't justify the $150 price tag. I'm willing to bet more than a few people who want one will have second thoughts when they see the price. Still, you make a great point about how there are plenty of people who would like to have this rocket, but don't even know it exists.

 

[OverTheTop]

I too want one, but don't want the $212, plus international postage to Oz, price tag.