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Old 03-27-2016, 12:08 PM
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This thread sounds great.
I would like to see an example of the "Black Hole Cygnus Probe Ship" kit that got produced, but had to be destroyed due to some movie executive clown revoking an approved design AFTER production.
My understanding is that a few escaped destruction....
Estes should have sued over that one and cut all future ties with Disney.
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Those might hold a record for the most-advertised model rocket products that were never released...
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I still want the F-117 Stealth Nighthawk like they advertised in the July/August 1996 Sport Rocketry
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I still want the F-117 Stealth Nighthawk like they advertised in the July/August 1996 Sport Rocketry
I don't recall who makes/made it, but I've seen (in an R/C magazine--it might have been "Flying Models") a small, electric-powered EP foam F-117 model, which is/was small enough to be flown as a boost-glider.
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I don't recall who makes/made it, but I've seen (in an R/C magazine--it might have been "Flying Models") a small, electric-powered EP foam F-117 model, which is/was small enough to be flown as a boost-glider.


Was this plane in the R/C mag what Estes based their F-117 model on?

I'll have to look for this article. Thanks.
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What was the year that Quest heavily touted their "coming soon" vaporware 18mm D and their vaporware line of 29mm BP Thunderjets ?
I have not trusted a word from that company or spent a dime on their products since that FIASCO announcement. They never did give any legitimate explanation of those not being delivered. My understanding was that supposedly thousands were produced....better to sell at a loss than destroy them...made no sense nor did we ever get any explanation.
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Estes only had a couple minor announcements for products that did not make it since the Cylon Raider/Cygnus Probe Ship Fiascos....they "wised up".
Quite frankly though I'm surprised we got BP E and F motors from Estes which is nice, would be nicer if they were port-burners though. I thought return of the B14/B8/C5 would have been far more likely than 29mm BP from Estes.
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What was the year that Quest heavily touted their "coming soon" vaporware 18mm D and their vaporware line of 29mm BP Thunderjets ?
I have not trusted a word from that company or spent a dime on their products since that FIASCO announcement. They never did give any legitimate explanation of those not being delivered. My understanding was that supposedly thousands were produced....better to sell at a loss than destroy them...made no sense nor did we ever get any explanation.
Always OVER Deliver and UNDER Promise !
If there is ANY chance of a product NOT making it to market, DON'T announce it.
Estes only had a couple minor announcements for products that did not make it since the Cylon Raider/Cygnus Probe Ship Fiascos....they "wised up".
Quite frankly though I'm surprised we got BP E and F motors from Estes which is nice, would be nicer if they were port-burners though. I thought return of the B14/B8/C5 would have been far more likely than 29mm BP from Estes.



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Was this plane in the R/C mag what Estes based their F-117 model on?

I'll have to look for this article. Thanks.
I don't know if Estes based their F-117 model on any other company's F-117 R/C model; I just noted that one I saw in an ad in a model aviation magazine (I think it was "Flying Models) looked small enough to be usable as a boost-glider. The company that made/makes it (E-flight?) also made/makes an F-86 model that was also shown in the ad along with their F-117 model (all of their models were made of EPP foam) and they were pretty small for R/C models. Here are links to numerous R/C F-117 models (see: https://www.google.com/#q=rc+f-117 ).
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