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 Rocketry Product: Estes - Nike-X {Kit} (7259) [2017-]

Model Rocket Building: Estes Nike X Kit #1270 Inspiration (2016-11-29)

Sometimes you find design inspirations when doing image searching. When the Nike X kit was introduced in 1975, the Estes designers didn't have access to the internet. They were going off what few ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Another Estes "Bring-Back" (2017-01-04)

On TRF, John Boren of Estes announced the listing of their latest - the NIKE X . To see the listing, CLICK HERE John said earlier that it would be a simple paint job (all white in this case) with ... [Read More]

Blast From The Past: Another Kit For The Build Pile.... (2018-08-14)

I just picked this baby up at Hobby Lobby. Back in the 'old fleet' days, I had a Nike-X that had been modified to fly as a two-stager: D12-0 in the booster, and 18mm upper stage.  Very ... [Read More]

Rocket N00b: Estes Nike-X - Part 1 (2019-11-28)

Once I got the Semroc Bandit all glued together, the next kit I semi-randomly pulled from the build pile was the Estes Nike-X, another nice BT-55 kit. I like BT-55 rockets. It might be my ... [Read More]

Rocket N00b: Estes Nike-X - Part 2 (2019-12-11)

This is a little tool I made. I made it to help me create perhaps a dozen or so little rockets and build them all as close to exactly the same as I could. It's just a used motor casing with a 1/4 ... [Read More]