Ye Olde Rocket Forum - View Single Post - Estes E15-Any other lots besides the ones recalled?

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Originally Posted by 5x7

Hi all,

Back in 1994, NAR announced the recall of Estes E15 motors in two lots and a decertifcation date:
"R23 12/21/94 Announcement:
Estes E15 lot 13X10 and 15X11 recalled by Estes.
All Estes E15 motors to expire 7/1/98 per policy due to production hiatus. "

I was just wondering if anyone has any old Estes E15s with different lot numbers than the ones recalled. All I ever saw was 13X10. The expiration date makes it seem like there were other lots, but my bet is those were the only lots. This had been bugging me for a while.

Thanks!

Not an answer to your question, but Ric Gaff has recently static fired some of those recalled motors, and almost all of them have worked perfectly. So it seems that the problem existed as the motors aged, then went away again. Maybe if they let them all cure for a couple years, they'd have worked fine.