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csaduck,
I just saw the photos, and that motor is from 1992. Was it always in your possession? I’ve had one D12 motor behave like that. But it was in a box of motors I got from someone else years ago. I had no idea how they were stored. I now steer clear of motors for sale that have an unknown past. Living in Colorado, if you store motors in a garage, they can experience a huge temperature swing, potentially a 100 degrees or more, from Winter to Summer. Heck, I worry about motors being shipped to me, unless maybe it’s Spring or Fall. We can get incredible temperature swings almost anytime.
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You have to hand it to Estes' customer service. Name one other vendor who would do a warranty replacement on a product which was 26 years old at the time of failure! That date code is from 1992. Which leads to - do you know the entire 26-year history of that motor and how it was stored? Oooops - I see Lee beat me to it. Sorry for the department of redundancy department.... And to answer your original question about "anyone else" - I have had one C6-5 fail. It was a more "normal" blow-the-nozzle-out kind of CATO....and yes Estes replaced both the motors and the model.
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Bernard, No worries. I’ve made a point numerous times, only to discover someone else made it earlier. And you are right, that is a heck of a warranty replacement.
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Update on Estes Engine failure. 2
WoW ! I just got a box from Estes for a warranty replacement of my exploded rocket. Talk about great customer service, this company is #1 top of the list !!!!
They really went out of their way to make things right. The obviously didn't have on had the same model rocket, so they made up on that by adding lots more stuff ! I just had to let you all know how good this company is with so many companies NOT caring about the customers anymore. [IMG] |
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Very nice. I'd say that is a good value for your trouble.
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