When we used to produce the cardboard kits, we had constant problems with them breaking in the mail. My goal is to produce the highest quality and strongest kits out there meant to last a lifetime. The decals are a little expensive, but that’s what a full wrapped decal costs me, they were $120 to start but I spent the money and bought 50, which was for $65.00 a piece, I’m not making anything of the decals. These are top notch quality.I would’ve considered the kit if the decal was included but for another $65, it’s not worth it. Frankly a cardboard and wood kit would’ve saved a lot of money and weight while doing basically the same thing (same with the Miss Riley kit). I don’t get why everything has to be fiberglass these days.
No they were Phenolic tubes, trust me a lot of vendors are having problems with tubes being broken, it seams to be a game played by USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL who can wreak the most boxes with “Fragile” decals on them. I love fiberglass as they do not require any paint, as they’re naturally colored. Also I do not want to be worried if I’m going to blow apart the rocket in pieces with too big of a charge, which I did in May as it was phenolic. Fiberglass is so simple to work with, if a cardboard rocket lands in a pond, it’s over, with fiberglass it will last a lifetime in a lake. I don’t want to be scared about zippering my rockets, or breaking a wood fin. Like I said everything I do from now on is going to be the best with the nicest materials as quality is very important to me.Not sure how the cardboard kits were getting broken unless it was cheap cardboard or bad packing.
I fly at the Lucerne Dry lakebed in Southern California, which can be almost as hard as asphalt. My cardboard and phenolic rockets are pretty battered as a result. They are a bit more expensive, but fiberglass is a lot more durable when flying off of hard surfaces IMHO.
10x the price? Try finding a 3” kit that’s 88” tall for $30 shipped, I doubt it. They both have their plus’s, every rocket I paint takes about $60-80 worth of paint, so with my kits they’ll never require any paint as the fiberglass is dyed.Good for hard surfaces but that's about it. No difference for the rest of the country where the ground is softer other than fiberglass being about 10x pricier. Nothing wrong with a fiberglass rocket, just saying that not everything needs to be fiberglass.
If you don't want the kit, don't buy it. No reason to disparage a good kit.
Not sure how you end up with $60-80 for painting a single rocket. Rattle can paint is like $5. Do it properly and you don’t need to waste on automotive paint.10x the price? Try finding a 3” kit that’s 88” tall for $30 shipped, I doubt it. They both have their plus’s, every rocket I paint takes about $60-80 worth of paint, so with my kits they’ll never require any paint as the fiberglass is dyed.
Not sure how you end up with $60-80 for painting a single rocket. Rattle can paint is like $5. Do it properly and you don’t need to waste on automotive paint.
Good for hard surfaces but that's about it. No difference for the rest of the country where the ground is softer other than fiberglass being about 10x pricier. Nothing wrong with a fiberglass rocket, just saying that not everything needs to be fiberglass.
Hello there, just boxing them all up now, actually was just getting ready to send an email out to the purchasers. We had gotten delayed slightly as the certificates took longer to sign than expected, and are on the way to me. As they had to go to Colorado to New Mexico and to me. I have all 100 kits in my possession and am preparing everything. Thanks so much for your patience.Hey Buddy,
When are you expecting to start shipping the kits ?
When we used to produce the cardboard kits, we had constant problems with them breaking in the mail. My goal is to produce the highest quality and strongest kits out there meant to last a lifetime. The decals are a little expensive, but that’s what a full wrapped decal costs me, they were $120 to start but I spent the money and bought 50, which was for $65.00 a piece, I’m not making anything of the decals. These are top notch quality.
No they were Phenolic tubes, trust me a lot of vendors are having problems with tubes being broken, it seams to be a game played by USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL who can wreak the most boxes with “Fragile” decals on them. I love fiberglass as they do not require any paint, as they’re naturally colored. Also I do not want to be worried if I’m going to blow apart the rocket in pieces with too big of a charge, which I did in May as it was phenolic. Fiberglass is so simple to work with, if a cardboard rocket lands in a pond, it’s over, with fiberglass it will last a lifetime in a lake. I don’t want to be scared about zippering my rockets, or breaking a wood fin. Like I said everything I do from now on is going to be the best with the nicest materials as quality is very important to me.
Last word I had from him, his COA’s were lost in transit between signatures and he was having to reprint them.Did they ship? If so, Houston we have a problem.......
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