Name your 3 fav rockets
As posted on FB, for those who don’t go there….
name your 3 fav rockets that you like to fly over and over which are reliable at least 98% of the time
ill go first
1. LOC 4” goblin. Flown on G to J
2. Estes quinstar . Like the spin, better than those stealths. Upscales coming
3. MDRM flown on F to H. I have red, blue n gold
honorable mention Estes R2D2…. Reliably crashed bc there’s no room for a chute. Estes said C motor, I laughed. Changed to D, E30 much better
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For me, the number one and one of the coolest designed rockets was the Estes Trident. A late '60s/early '70s futuristic design which incorporated ducted parachute deployment. This was the 21st century in an Estes kit.
The second would probably have to the the Estes Orbital Transport. I've built and flown both the original and the upscaled OT.
Third would probably be the Estes Interceptor. Again, I've built and flown both the original and upscaled Interceptor.
Honorable mention would have to be my very first Estes rocket, the Astron Space Plane. I need to cobble one together; perhaps even upscale it.
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That's tough. However, I love the lines on the original Mach1 Daedalus. A 76mm airframe with split fins through a boat tail at the business end. It was challenge to put together and it's been flown quite a few times.
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Original post on non official estes page. But all that matters is CENJARS web site 😉
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Ok, I'll bite.
1. "Flying Machine" - it's different, fun, took some time but came out nice. Flies well too (although the boosters have gotten hung up a couple of times).
2. "King Kraken" - it's just cool! Also was my L1 cert rocket. Flies great every time.
3. "Snarky" - Challenging but fun to build. Looks sharp. Flies pretty well. Actually this is the second one I built, the first ending up in a tree near the upper ball field (nose cone is still there). And I just like saying the word "Snarky".😁
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