Diameter:	1.54 inches
Fin Material:	Balsa
Length:	8.60 inches
Manufacturer:	Estes
Model:	809
Product Type:	Kit
Production Years:	2004-2008
Recommended Motors:	1/2A3-2T, A10-3T, A3-4T
Recovery:	Parachute
Skill Level:	1
Style:	Scale
Weight:	1.08 ounces

Reviews

• Estes X-Prize Gauchito By Brian Ray (January 16, 2009)

  This modification was my own personal response to what I had seen as an all-too-common statement on model rocket forums: add nose weight. It seemed to me that no matter the situation, the clarion call was for more and more nose weight. "Hey, I painted this rocket blue instead of yellow." "You better add some nose weight." While not usually a kit builder, I found this kit on clearance and decided ...

• Estes X-Prize Gauchito By Donald Besaw Jr

  Brief: The Estes X-Prize Gauchito is a 1:55 scale model of Pablo de Leon and Associates' Ansari X-Prize entry. This model flies on 13mm motors up to 300 feet, recovers on a 12 inch parachute and has a removable display nozzle assembly. Construction: The kit came packaged in a plastic bag with header card and included the body tube, motor mount tube, motor retention hook, motor ...

Rocksim Design Files

• #0809 Gauchito - X-Prize Scale Model Rocket

Blog Posts

• Model Rocket Building Blog
• Estes Gauchito Build #1279 OOP, Background (2019-05-06)
• Estes Gauchito Build #1279 OOP, Part 1, Parts (2019-05-07)
• Estes Gauchito Build #1279 OOP, Part 2, Finger Tab Removal (2019-05-08)
• Estes Gauchito Build #1279 OOP, Part 3, Engine Mount Prep (2019-05-09)
• Estes Gauchito Build #1279 OOP, Part 5, Nose Cone Fit, Tube End Strengthening (2019-05-10)
• Estes Gauchito Build #1279 OOP, Part 6, Engine Mount Gluing & Fin Marking (2019-05-11)
• Estes Gauchito Build #1279 OOP, Part 7, Nozzles & Paint (2019-05-12)
• Estes Gauchito Build #1279 OOP, Part 8, Stickers! (2019-05-13)
• Estes Gauchito Build #1279 OOP, Finished (2019-05-14)
• Shroudlines Blog
• More Power!!! (2018-03-11)