CoolRockets
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The long awaited so long has just released, up next: black brant 12 and great goblin. Just trying to spread the good word. It’s at the bottom of the new page.
The so long has released
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Scott_650
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Outside of what appears to be plastic surveyor’s tape streamers - I was hoping for lightweight nylon - looks like an interesting kit.
At $40 for the kit and, at list price, $50 for both motors per flight I’d say this needs an Eggfinder in the payload bay…that or just say it’s name when you push the launch button
At $40 for the kit and, at list price, $50 for both motors per flight I’d say this needs an Eggfinder in the payload bay…that or just say it’s name when you push the launch button
That is another good looking design. I would be tempted to buy and build one but I'd build it as a single stage. No place around here to go 3000+ ft and expect to recover it.
lakeroadster
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"SO LONG – so high, so far, so fast and so much fun!"
So much like taking two 20's and throwing them out the car window...
So much like taking two 20's and throwing them out the car window...
If that's not a solid definition of model rocketry, I don't know what is."SO LONG – so high, so far, so fast and so much fun!"
So much like taking two 20's and throwing them out the car window...
Now if you excuse me I am off to the Estes site with my stack of 20's.
Annnnnnd, didn't pull the trigger. I think its the F engines. I put a So Long a pack of F15-8 and F15-0 (which comes to $99.96 fyi) so I also threw in an $11 pack of other engines. Total $111. No free shipping. total $140. grrrrrrrr
total $140. grrrrrrrr
There is a Hazmat charge with E and F engines.Annnnnnd, didn't pull the trigger. I think its the F engines. I put a So Long a pack of F15-8 and F15-0 (which comes to $99.96 fyi) so I also threw in an $11 pack of other engines. Total $111. No free shipping.
I wonder what the apogee is with E16 engines?
Maybe 1800 ft?
Might be doable on our larger field.
On a calm day.
Maybe 1800 ft?
Might be doable on our larger field.
On a calm day.
I tried having two 20s, easier to have one 40 or 50 something instead..."SO LONG – so high, so far, so fast and so much fun!"
So much like taking two 20's and throwing them out the car window...
lakeroadster
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Am I the only one seeing a 404 error with the links to this kit?
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Nope.
lakeroadster
When in doubt... build hell-for-stout!
It worked this morning...
Maybe somebody jumped the gun and they pulled it.
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So long, So Long. We hardly knew ye.
That really was a sneak peek!
On the Estes FB page they posted on Monday that they would be kicking off the "Summer of Pro Series II" next week with "a great one". So I'm guessing that someone slipped up and released it early.
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Mine got a tracking number and had been accepted already so if it was early they are still sending them out.
It's actually "So a little Longer".
In stock on the Estes website.
Bought a So Long and a Majestic and booster which just tags the other side of free shipping on the Estes site. Then got a bunch of F and F boosters on AC Supply. Looks like a 2 stage F summer.
The majestic and Asender tended to need to be flown on a perfect windless day. My 2 stage Asender turned to cruise missile mode just after staging. I did get it back in the front yard of a farm home about 1/2 a mile away.
The So-Long will probably not have this problem
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I liked my 2-stage Ascender on E16-E16.. It staged lower where you could see it and still went pretty high, and it didn’t do the cruise missile trick. The F-F was pretty effin’ iffy, if‘n ya know what I mean.
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My rough sim is just waiting for actual measurements and scans of the decals/fins...
Yes mine was the F-F
On Top of it as I can see
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That might be my favorite Rocket Estes has ever made. Can you even see a rocket the size of a So Long at 3,600 feet? My Scratch built Sub Min Diameter F-15-8 simms at 2850 feet and it's almost out of sight on a clear day.
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