just ordered my first Estes pro series rocket

[3boydad]

i couldn't resist any longer. i bought the sale priced Leviathan from hobbylinc with another pack of retainers. i will have her by wed since i chose USPS for del. hope they are cool as everyone says they are.

 

[3boydad]

to add i do have a mantis pad and a pro series pad to launch from!

 

[JPVegh]

They look like nice rockets and that's a decent price. Sounds like you have nice launch set up, enjoy!

 

[JDWtr707]

I LOVE my Leviathan! It's bigger than it looks in the pictures, and it flies great! I also use a Mantis launch pad.

 

[jsargevt]

I am building the Ventris that my wife and son picked up at Hobby Lobby for me. I have to say that i'm pretty impressed with the Estes Pro - granted the gigantic tri-fold shock cord thing made me laugh. I ditched it but thought it was good to see them keep things "similar" for people transitioning into MPR from Estes kits. I am sure that my brother who used to build Estes with me when were kids could build this with those skills even after 30-some years. A good marketing strategy for sure.

I am building it "stock" other than the shock cord replacement and possibly using removable rivets for the payload. It seems a waste to not have the ability to someday put a tracker in it for a long burn motor. Other than that - wood glue for everything but the retainer. I am pretty sure that it will hold up to most G-H motors excepting possibly the VMAX stuff.

I should have stopped in at HL today to see if they had a leviathan in stock to snag with the 40% off.....

 

[gpoehlein]

I've built but not flown my Leviathan - very sweet rocket - think of it as kind of a stretch Big Daddy! (Same slotted tube for the aft section and the same nose cone - fins and centering rings have been swapped out for plywood, though.) I've got a Ventris that I haven't built yet, but I really want a Nike Smoke!

 

[jsargevt]

I've built but not flown my Leviathan - very sweet rocket - think of it as kind of a stretch Big Daddy! (Same slotted tube for the aft section and the same nose cone - fins and centering rings have been swapped out for plywood, though.) I've got a Ventris that I haven't built yet, but I really want a Nike Smoke!

I have a smoke on the way - it was too hard to pass up adding it into my AMW/PROX order with a 29mm CTI case & closure added in. I was going to get another 29mm case anyway so the rocket was really cheap.

 

[Orion14ed]

The Estes Pro series look great, saw one at hobby lobby the other day. Sounds like it is going to be a fun build!

 

[Disaster_Guy]

I have passed on these kits so far but if AMW has a smoke at the launch next weekend I may end up with one. Interesting note regarding the shock cord mount, I just finished the build of an Estes V2 and it was setup for mounting the cord to the fore centering ring (granted I used 2mm cord rather than the rubber band and coated the entire top CR and cord in epoxy). If I get the smoke I will likely use a small u-bolt in the fore CR, a much better option IMHO.

 

[cwbullet]

The Nike Smoke is my favorite rocket. I am tempted to buy one. HL did not have one yet.

 

[3boydad]

got my package today. monday to wed from GA to CA USPA great turn around time!!! cant wait to build this baby but must complete a few rockets first too many projects at on time. although i wanna look at it