When I first saw the Star Orbiter on the Estes "Coming soon" page I knew I had to get it, three to be precise.
It reminded me a little of the old Estes Renegade #1271 with the red and black color scheme.
My present scratch built rockets have the same colors. I have found that this combo is easiest to see in the sky and on the ground.
I haven't seen a build thread of this rocket so I thought I'd post one.
My version will be built as dual deploy and have a compartment for GPS tracker.
It will also be flown for the most part on CTI 29 1-3 grain reloads and maybe on some occasions with Estes F engines.
This rocket will also be my workhorse next to my Estes Ascender dual deploy 2-Stage when I'm flying rockets in the USA.
This thread will also document the flights.
I started off by sanding the fins and rounding the leading edges. They were also strengthened with CA glue:
I assembled the engine mounted with epoxy and slightly deviated from the plans concerning parts placements.
Since I'm not going to use the Estes trifold shock cord holder I went and mounted a Kevlar shock cord to the engine mount:
I don't understand why Estes didn't provide an engine block with the kit so I made my own:
The completed engine mount was then glued inside the lower body tube:
End of part one.
It reminded me a little of the old Estes Renegade #1271 with the red and black color scheme.
My present scratch built rockets have the same colors. I have found that this combo is easiest to see in the sky and on the ground.
I haven't seen a build thread of this rocket so I thought I'd post one.
My version will be built as dual deploy and have a compartment for GPS tracker.
It will also be flown for the most part on CTI 29 1-3 grain reloads and maybe on some occasions with Estes F engines.
This rocket will also be my workhorse next to my Estes Ascender dual deploy 2-Stage when I'm flying rockets in the USA.
This thread will also document the flights.
I started off by sanding the fins and rounding the leading edges. They were also strengthened with CA glue:
I assembled the engine mounted with epoxy and slightly deviated from the plans concerning parts placements.
Since I'm not going to use the Estes trifold shock cord holder I went and mounted a Kevlar shock cord to the engine mount:
I don't understand why Estes didn't provide an engine block with the kit so I made my own:
The completed engine mount was then glued inside the lower body tube:
End of part one.