I bought this off eBay. It was in a box of broken and incomplete model rockets. It was already assembled, but not painted. This is one of these I sorely wish I’d taken a before picture. When I bought this is was poorly assembled and looked like it had been Continue Reading
Estes
Build Frenzy
Well, week ago Tuesday’s club build session inspired me. Since then I finished the build of the Estes Olympus I started during the build session. Then… Estes Hi-Flier XL (24mm) Estes Mega Mosquito (24mm) Estes Mosquito (13mm) Estes Clipper (18mm 2 stage) Estes Citation Patriot (18mm) They are all ready Continue Reading
BSG 1.6X COLONIAL VIPER Flight
This flies great on a D12-5! Video: Viper Flight
A Tale of Two Renegades
Painted and decaled my Estes 1271 Astron Renegades. The red and black is a clone. The red, yellow, and black is a rehab of an eBay rescue of an original.
BSG 1.6x Colonial Viper
I still have a little more to do. This is about a 1.6X upscale of the Estes Colonial Viper. Main tubes are BT-60. I offset the 24mm motor mount, I remember the the original I had as a kid tended to arch over and my research supports that memory, so Continue Reading