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I know, I was seconding your motion. Geez, some people you can't even agree with...
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Like I had mentioned previously, Estes asked me to come up with a mini motor two stage rocket, and I did, a nice little one, but, without the motors the design was going nowhere. Let's come up with a wish list, we did this on the old estes forum and, maybe, someone in the motor businees will take it into consideration. B14's C5's Assorted booster motors including mini's |
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I'm running out of C11-0's... I'd like to see those back too. And the B8-5. |
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You will never see a B14 motor again at least from Estes. Back in the day these motors were "hand-drilled" to get the multi-stage core design; explosions were common; the B8 was the next generation B14; instead of drilling the core, Estes motor maker guru ** ***** redesigned parts of the MABEL machine to be able to use a "formed" core..... much less dangerous.... the C5 used the exact same core as the B8.
Estes has a 95% + world-wide market share in 1/4A-E model rocket motors; they have no effective competition; therefore they do not have to innovate; therefore they do not have to listen to its consumers. sorry to burst your bubbles, but don't hold your breath on any -0 motors or anything else as far as Estes is concerned anytime soon. If you want variety in model rocket motors (BP/composite), head over to East Europe: the Poles(EMI/TSP), the Czechs(Delta),the Slovaks(Vymopo); Serbia(Ultra); Slovenia (Mach)Ukraine(MRD) all have a plenthora of rocket motors to choose from. thats my 2 rubles ymmv terry dean nar 16158 ps . by the way, does anybody know approximately when Estes shifted ALL of its model rocket kit manufacturing over to China?
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Don't forget the C11-7 - a must for low altitude 24mm multistage rockets (kinda defeats the purpose to fly a C11-0 to D12-7! ) Greg |
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If you want variety in model rocket motors (BP/composite), head over to East Europe: the Poles(EMI/TSP), the Czechs(Delta),the Slovaks(Vymopo); Serbia(Ultra); Slovenia (Mach)Ukraine(MRD) all have a plenthora of rocket motors to choose from.
And don't leave out the Chinese model rocket motors, it's an odd assortment: http://www.made-in-china.com/china-...C6-4-D5-0-.html |
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I go with the 18mm D8's plus booster, B8-0's and 13mm full A boosters for mini's, plus the E's mentioned above. |
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Doug Lover of the C11-0 and C11-7 . |
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I should probably finish buying out the C11-5 and C11-7 stock of the LHS soon... |
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Ooh - just thought of another - a booster version of the micromaxx II!!!
Greg |
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