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Old 12-20-2017, 02:56 PM
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Default Estes- Citation Patriot Just Annouced

The next kit to be released from Estes.


https://www.estesrockets.com/coming...ation-patriottm



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Old 12-20-2017, 03:10 PM
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This is great news. This kit may be all decal, but it is also in the Big Bertha size and power range. The top 3 most popular kits ever.

So I guess it will have a blow molded not injection cone, and laser not die crushed fins? My mom bought me one at the Broadway department store on her store card!

Note the item number! 000652 - Citation Patriotâ„¢ Description

Decals is misspelled. Thanks John!

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Old 12-20-2017, 03:11 PM
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YEAH!

My original Citation Patriot is stored away.
Now I will have a new one to fly!
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Old 12-20-2017, 03:37 PM
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This just continues a long line of kits I've cloned that eventually were produced again by SEMROC and Estes.

I'll still buy a couple as backups.
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Old 12-20-2017, 03:38 PM
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Good news.
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Old 12-20-2017, 04:40 PM
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Another good one.
Mine will have the engine mount it should have. 24mm.
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Old 12-20-2017, 05:28 PM
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Another good one.
Mine will have the engine mount it should have. 24mm.

For you, shouldn't that be a 29mm motor mount? I can just picture you trying to fly that bird on a G80 or even an F15.
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For you, shouldn't that be a 29mm motor mount? I can just picture you trying to fly that bird on a G80 or even an F15.

I can't picture it. GH already told us he's out of the hobby and doesn't fly rockets anymore.
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Another good one.
Mine will have the engine mount it should have. 24mm.



Yeah. That makes all kinds of sense...........
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Old 12-20-2017, 09:21 PM
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The Astron Omega is BT60 based and is only slightly longer and is two-stage 24mm powered.
This is a rocket that always should have been 24mm.
One can always adapt down but not up.
29mm is just too much.
Rockets of this size and weight fly great from a 18mm B through a 24mm RMS F24.

Yeah, I haven't flown anything in the past 3 years, but did every year from 1977 through early 2014. Big deal.
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