im so old i remember when those were brand new. i built a lot of estes rockets as a kid and teen. fun times. back when you'd get a cool catalog, save up your money, fill out a printed order page, get your mom to write you a check and pop it in the mail, 1 or 2 weeks later you'd get a cool box of kits and parts.
Back in those days I only got the occasional kit, most of my stuff was DIY. I had to ship engines to eastern Canada and that sucked up most of my funds. I had to convince my uncle to get a Class 3 Explosives licence so I ordered them in his name. I really wanted this one but it wasn't possible then.
@@RCNRocketChief I didn't need a tree. I was 11 or 12 and launched a rocket I'd built the prior evening. I never saw the rocket again. It went up and disappeared in the park. I never got a tumble recovery rocket again. Sometimes the only way you could see a rocket after launching was if and when the parachute/streamer successfully deployed.
@@charlesballard5251 Agreed! That's why the second launch in the video under discussion about the RET had an 8 foot streamer. Which turned out to make a bit too much hang time 🤣
im so old i remember when those were brand new. i built a lot of estes rockets as a kid and teen. fun times. back when you'd get a cool catalog, save up your money, fill out a printed order page, get your mom to write you a check and pop it in the mail, 1 or 2 weeks later you'd get a cool box of kits and parts.
Back in those days I only got the occasional kit, most of my stuff was DIY. I had to ship engines to eastern Canada and that sucked up most of my funds. I had to convince my uncle to get a Class 3 Explosives licence so I ordered them in his name.
I really wanted this one but it wasn't possible then.
I had one of those as a kid, got it in 1981. Had the estes x wing fighter kit too. Im 57 now ...
These old kits bring back a lot of memories for those of us who did rocketry in our younger days
That is AWESOME! I cannot wait to see it fly!
Video this coming Wednesday (18 Dec, 2024)!
I had that one why back when. It flies decently. Use a better parachute.
Thanks. I have flown it once, video next week, and I will adjust for a future flight
Interested to see the finished product & flights… thanks for sharing!
Coming next week!
That's pretty cool! I didn't know this existed. Hope you don't lose it in the RET(rocket eating tree).
@@ef7andapp170 The kit is hard to find so I snapped it up as soon as I saw it was available! And the RET went hungry for this launch 🤣
@@RCNRocketChief I didn't need a tree. I was 11 or 12 and launched a rocket I'd built the prior evening. I never saw the rocket again. It went up and disappeared in the park. I never got a tumble recovery rocket again. Sometimes the only way you could see a rocket after launching was if and when the parachute/streamer successfully deployed.
@@charlesballard5251 Agreed! That's why the second launch in the video under discussion about the RET had an 8 foot streamer. Which turned out to make a bit too much hang time 🤣