Estes Screaming Eagle

[Green Dragon]

Looking to build a clone of this one.

( due apologies to the Centuri purists, :p )

basically a generic E2x rocket with red,white,blue decor.

does anyone have info ( tube length ) and especially .. the decal scan for this bird ?

if so, please send to myself and to Scott ?

thanks in advance for any info,

~ AL

[TXFergie]

I have a Screaming Eagle that I have not opened yet. It is Estes kit #2117. Let me know if this is the right one and I can probably scan in the decals for you.

Rick F.

[Solomoriah]

Red, white, and blue E2X? Then it's not this one:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&P=WR&I=LXKRX3

It sounds like you are describing the Centuri Screaming Eagle:

http://flickr.com/photos/wallyum/2428725927/

[Doug Sams]

Red, white, and blue E2X? Then it's not this one:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&P=WR&I=LXKRX3

It sounds like you are describing the Centuri Screaming Eagle:

http://flickr.com/photos/wallyum/2428725927/I think he's talking about this one: http://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/rockets/nostalgia/89est02.html

It looks like what Al described, a "generic E2x rocket with red,white,blue decor" but the nosecone appears longer than the E2X's I've seen.

Doug

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[Solomoriah]

Ah, so. Interesting... I've never seen one of those "lunar launch pads" before. The whole set looks strangely non-Estes-like. I notice that the included launch stand does not appear in the "Launch Systems" section as a separate part, nor does that rocket appear in the kits. This is not true of anything else in the "outfits" part of that catalog.

Could this be a one-off deal? The first of the Chinese-made rockets, perhaps?

EDIT: Oops. Appears that several of the starter-kit rockets are only found in starter kits. But that Lunar launch stand does appear to be unique.

[Green Dragon]

I think he's talking about this one: http://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/rockets/nostalgia/89est02.html

It looks like what Al described, a "generic E2x rocket with red,white,blue decor" but the nosecone appears longer than the E2X's I've seen.

Doug

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Yep, that's the one.

Might be a longer cone, looks like the PNC-50YR cone, not a PNC-50K.

Same kit as, for instance, the Lancer ? or a stretched Kadet/ Star Trek/ etc ?

If anyone had the decal, I can guestimate the lengths, just wondered if anyone had the kit.

Funny how kits we would have scoffed at when new, now we want to clone, lol. ( like my Challenger II clone, originally a no painting required quickie kit... now = fill the tube spirals, sand the fins and cone, paint everything and use repop decals,a nd clearcoat it all, go figure, lol )

~ AL

[gpoehlein]

Not sure about the decal - I think I've seen it before on another rocket (Estes sometimes recycled their decal sheets into new kits). As for the rest, here are my guesses based on the catalog photo:

Nose Cone - PNC50YR (same one that comes in the Nova Payloader)
Fin Can - plastic fin can from the Skywriter #2 (pencil)
Body Tube - BT-50W, 9.5 inches long. (I scaled the catalog photo up to BT-50 diameter and measured it. Comparing the measured length to the standard BT lengths, 9.5" is the closest).

Greg