Thread: Estes the dude?
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Old 12-23-2008, 12:02 AM
jeff_in_AZ jeff_in_AZ is offline
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I recently got the new Hobby Surplus catalog, and they still have some Dudes,
selling for $14.99 + shipping, etc.

http://www.hobbysurplus.com/

My son and I have a Dude and have flown it a few times at the SSS monthly
launches at Rainbow Valley, AZ. Our main problem has been with the desert thorns,
they have not been kind to the Dude. That is why I've been looking for places where
I can buy another one ... and we may have to restrict it to a grassy park in town.

It's an odd rocket, not everyone's cup of tea, but can be fun. It doesn't fly very
high and it is fragile, but it seems to be a kid magnet and we have had fun with ours. We
flew it for the first time at GHS in 2006 and it was my son's favorite flight. You
were right about the parachute, the rocket doesn't weigh a lot, doesn't go very
high, and the chute doesn't seem to do much.

Jeff
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