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 Rocketry Product: Estes - Scion {Kit} (9712) [2015-]

Rich's Rockets: Building the Estes Scion (part 1) (2015-10-03)

Well, there are rockets from last year still unfinished, and maybe I can get a little done on them tomorrow, but today’s weather wasn’t good. So I’m starting one from the build ... [Read More]

Rich's Rockets: Building the Estes Scion (part 2) (2015-10-05)

I maybe should state that I’m gluing this up with epoxy and internal fillets because I feel like it, not because it’ll necessarily need it. I doubt I’ll go higher than a G in it. ... [Read More]

Rich's Rockets: Building the Estes Scion (part 3) (2015-10-08)

Fins are on. So’s the body tube coupler. So are the centering rings, and the motor retainer. The motor tube end took a beating with the rings being put on and off. (They were pretty snug, not ... [Read More]

Rich's Rockets: Building the Estes Scion (part 4) (2015-12-16)

I’ve done no rocket building at all for several weeks now; busy with other things like reorganizing and cleaning the house now that I’m the only one living here. Also it’s colder in ... [Read More]

Rich's Rockets: Building the Estes Scion (part 5) (2016-06-25)

I did some painting. The Estes suggested paint scheme fails to float my boat; too busy with all the stripes. So I’m doing something simpler in purple and black. It might not look any better but ... [Read More]

Rich's Rockets: Building the Estes Scion (part 6) (2016-06-28)

I finished painting, mounted the rail buttons, rigged the shock cord, and took a picture: [Read More]

Rocket N00b: Has the Leviathan Gone Extinct? (2015-08-02)

The Estes Leviathan, a very popular mid power rocket, seems to have disappeared completely from he Estes website. It was on sale, along with a lot of other rockets, all of July. The July sale ... [Read More]