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Dag nab it!! You stole my ideas for today's question!
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Wow! This is a nice surprise. Mike, another voice of thanks for joining our little madhouse and sharing your thoughts. It is greatly appreciated!
As most folks around here know, I'm the resident sci-fi/exotic design nut. The more tubes / fins / antennae / laser cannon / etc., the better. In regards to these designs, I have two questions; 1) What would be your 2 or 3 favorite sci-fi/fantasy designs, and what were their inspirations? 2) How well do the sci-fi kits sell compared to standard designs (1 out of every 10, 1 out of every 50, etc.)? Thanks a ton, Eric |
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Mike, I'm stunned that you would even consider asking me that. Or that you even know who I am. All my knowledge about BP motors is book knowledge. You and Ed actually did it. If I had my life to live over again I think I could have spent 40 years happily working as Mabel operator at Estes..... First let me congratulate you on almost 40 years of service with Estes Industries and to the model rocketry industry as a whole. Its a rarity these days that a person gets to work for a single company their entire carer anymore. Since you are one of the all time, if not all time, prolific model rocket designers of all time I can't help but wonder if it had something to do with your childhood in Hastings, NB; a mere 135 miles from where Orv Carlisle invented model rocketry. So what ever happened to your 1963/4 4th place Design Contest entry, the Rodini?? terry dean
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I concur. Your service is appreciated even from the non star struck among us. God bless you for the Cineroc. How about that D20? Jerry In my 5-6 grade classes I used Comet, Sizzler, Alpha 1, Centurion, Maxi-alpha 3. |
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Wow, This is great stuff!
Thanks Mr. Dorffler, first for what you have done for the hobby and second for taking the time to be here and share the history. My first question is can you shed any light on the history of the Mars Lander? What was the inspiration? Is it true that Martin Marrietta was involved in the design? Ok that was 3 questions. Sorry. Mark |
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Well, not just R&D alone. When Barry Tunick answered some questions, he said some rockets took 12 to 14 months from idea to packages out the back door. So, I thought I would ask about it from your point of view. Do you guys take that long? Or is that through a whole process of deciding and marketing stuff you don't mess with? |
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Holy cow - you remember that too?!?! I thought that I was the only one who noticed it! I was always afraid to bring it up, because I assumed that no one would know what I was talking about. Wow, that was the scent of rocket power! MarkII
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I have an extremely strong memory connection of rocketry due to that that smell. Every now and then I'll smell something that is similar, but not exactly like the smell I got when I opened those boxes from Penrose, and the memories absolutely flood into my head. I also have a strong memory connection to rocketry with the smell of fresh mowed grass. I was mowing when my first ever box from Penrose arrived. Every single time I mow the lawn, I can close my eyes and remember the exact moment my mailman pulled into the driveway instead of stopping at the mailbox. I can remember the time of day, weather, temperature, were I was in the yard, the fact that my mother made me go back outside and finish mowing without letting me open the box, what the mailman said to me, etc. Every time I mow today, I get an extreme urge to go inside and look at a rocketry catalog, build, or fly a rocket. Maybe this should be a new thread.
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I don't recall ever sniffing the boxes I got from Estes - you guys need to get out more often...
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