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Estes Bullet Model Rocket Orange

$5.00

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Description

In 1961, Vern Estes designed the first Estes model rocket packaged for sale as a complete kit, the Astron Scout. But before the Astron scout took flight, a never before seen prototype was created. While the design functioned, vern and fellow rocketeer G.Harry Stine decided they could achieve the same thing without ejecting the engine. The weight of the rocket engine itself was used to shift the CG backwards in a later version which became the classic Astron scout. Sixty years later, bill stine, G.Harry Stine's son and current Estes vice president decided it was time for the Orange bullet to take flight. Sixty years later, Bill Stine, G. Harry Stine's son and current Estes vice president decided it was time for the orange bullet to take flight. Estes' first rocket in the designer signature series and the first complete kit Vern Estes ever designed, the orange bullet.

  • This rocket sold tens of thousands of kits over its long lifetime and inspired countless young people to pursue technical careers
  • This prototype, named the Orange Bullet, used metal weights glued to the end of the fin tips to shift the center of gravity (CG) back
  • After the engine popped out at apogee, resulting in the rocket tumbling gently instead of streamlining in nose first
  • The Orange Bullet is an Intermediate level rocket which will help a budding rocketeer develop some basic model building and finishing skills
  • Recommended engines – 1/2A6-2, A8-3