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Old 02-26-2011, 10:25 PM
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Bob Buroker was gone from Estes in 1991 and Barry Tunick was now General Manager.

Tunick adopted a 'shotgun' approach towards new products for 1991.

He still wanted larger rockets and motors but there wasn't time to develop everything by the October 1991 RCHTA Hobby Show.

This resulted in the original Pro Series products.

A new launch pad and launch controller along with three new kits (Impulse, Maxi-Force & Patriot) were displayed at the Show. The kits would use clusters of D12 motors.

A sign on the back of the booth announced that Estes would soon have composite motors.

Here are some pictures I took of the Estes booth at the 1991 RCHTA Show.
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