Originally posted by Ray Dunakin
Way back when Aerotech's reloadable motors were first catching on, Vulcan and Estes involved in producing a video purporting to show the "dangers" of allowing reloads to be shipped. They sent this video to DOT, ATF, CSPC and who knows what other agencies. It woke the "sleeping giant" and resulted in many of the regulatory hassles that have faced the hobby in the years since. There was considerable anger toward those companies, and many of us refused to buy motors from Vulcan. (Some talked about boycotting Estes too, but if they did, it had little effect on Estes' multi-million dollar business.)
I don't know whether this boycott had anything to do with Vulcan leaving the hobby business, but they were not around much longer.