With my recent builds of Exocet and restoration of the Maverick wrapped up I decided to dig into the box of old rockets and see what was next. I'm finding that I enjoy restoration as much if not more than new builds. I guess there is something about taking old discarded items and making them functional again. I've been doing this with real cars, RC Cars and Rockets for a number of years. About 6 months ago I picked up a box of old rockets locally for cheap. The person didn't know anything about them and just wanted them out of her house. $20 later and I have a box full of about 25 rockets all in various conditions of disrepair. The Maverick in my previous restoration came from the same lot of rockets. I learned a lot about how the original owner assembled them from that Resto.
This next resto is an Estes Yankee. Since this is a simple rocket I should be able to knock it out in a couple of days.
Pic 1 - This is how the Yankee came out of the box. The body tube is in good shape. The balsa nose cone has some dents in it and all three fins are loose in the bottom of the box.
Pic 2 - Digging a bit deeper I removed the nose cone to find the shock was not attached to anything. No shock cord mount in the body tube. At this point everything looks salvageable.
Will be working on this one between calls today. Will keep you posted.
This next resto is an Estes Yankee. Since this is a simple rocket I should be able to knock it out in a couple of days.
Pic 1 - This is how the Yankee came out of the box. The body tube is in good shape. The balsa nose cone has some dents in it and all three fins are loose in the bottom of the box.
Pic 2 - Digging a bit deeper I removed the nose cone to find the shock was not attached to anything. No shock cord mount in the body tube. At this point everything looks salvageable.
Will be working on this one between calls today. Will keep you posted.