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Model Forum / General / Rockets / December 2003Estes website down?
I've been trying to get to the Estes website at http://www.estesrockets.com/ for several days, and it appears to be down. Anyone know what is going on? Do I have the wrong url? Oh, the reason I am looking, is that I damaged my son's favorite rocket, a Hyper-X. It has the 3-rotor helicopter recovery nosecone. I can't find that model any more, so I am trying to find a similar copter recovery rocket. If you know of one, please speak up! -- David The Estes website is a hideous, terrible, crappy place to go. Nothing to see there anyhow. We can only hope it is down because they are changing it. As for the copter recovery rocket, try an Estes Skywinder. It just went OOP this year, so you should still be able to find one. There's one here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3166064448&category=2567 -- Joe Michel NAR 82797 L1 > I've been trying to get to the Estes website at http://www.estesrockets.com/ > for several days, and it appears to be down. Anyone know what is going on? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > -- David > The Estes website is a hideous, terrible, crappy place to go. Can I quote you on that? :) > Nothing to > see there anyhow. We can only hope it is down because they are changing it.  SignatureJerry Irvine, Box 1242, Claremont, California 91711 USA Opinion, the whole thing. <mail to:01rocket@gte.net> Please bring common sense back to rocketry administration. Produce then publish. http://www.usrockets.com My articles valuable? Donate at iKobo.com c/o my email. Yes ;-) -- Joe Michel NAR 82797 L1 > > The Estes website is a hideous, terrible, crappy place to go. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Produce then publish. http://www.usrockets.com > My articles valuable? Donate at iKobo.com c/o my email. > The Estes website is a hideous, terrible, crappy place to go. Nothing to > see there anyhow. We can only hope it is down because they are changing it. > As for the copter recovery rocket, try an Estes Skywinder. It just went OOP > this year, so you should still be able to find one. The SkyWinder OOP?? Oh Nooooooooooo !!!!! I can't be for 100% sure, but it is not in the 2003 catalog. Does anyone know? -- Joe Michel NAR 82797 L1 > > The Estes website is a hideous, terrible, crappy place to go. Nothing to > > see there anyhow. We can only hope it is down because they are changing it. > > As for the copter recovery rocket, try an Estes Skywinder. It just went OOP > > this year, so you should still be able to find one. > > The SkyWinder OOP?? Oh Nooooooooooo !!!!! I believe it is. I know the local hobby shops around here can't get it. So I ended up getting one on ebay. > I can't be for 100% sure, but it is not in the 2003 catalog. Does anyone > know? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > > > The SkyWinder OOP?? Oh Nooooooooooo !!!!! > The Estes website is a hideous, terrible, crappy place to go. Nothing to > see there anyhow. Stop beating around the bush and tell us what you really think! ; ) Randy > The Estes website is a hideous, terrible, crappy place to go. Nothing to You mean they've improved it? :-) Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD" >>> To reply, remove the TRABoD! <<< Kaplow Klips & Baffle: http://nira-rocketry.org/LeadingEdge/Phantom4000.pdf www.encompasserve.org/~kaplow_r/ www.nira-rocketry.org www.nar.org Save Model Rocketry from the HSA! http://www.space-rockets.com/congress.html > I've been trying to get to the Estes website at http://www.estesrockets.com/ > for several days, and it appears to be down. Anyone know what is going on? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > that model any more, so I am trying to find a similar copter recovery > rocket. If you know of one, please speak up! I wonder if the "Skywinder" uses compatible parts? It seems to be a current, (or at least recently-produced) helicopter recovery kit from Estes... -dave w here are some other nosecone rotor recovery models: the Estes Cosmic Cobra from Red Arrow Hobbies at http://www.redarrowhobbies.com/kits/estes_model_rockets/cosmic_cobra.htm or from A2Z Hobbies at http://www.a2zhobbies.com/Estes/E2X/EST-1262.html and the Hyper X RTF (nosecone rotors) or Skywinder (rotors unfold from body) at http://www.sciedcenter.com/Rockets2.htm the out of production Estes Helicat can still be purchased from Commonwealth Displays at http://www.commonwealth.net/rocketstore/rocketryframes.html (left frame, click "Out of Production", then scroll to the bottom speaking of helicopter recovery, check out the movie of a J powered helicopter recovered rocket on the Max Thrust website at http://www.maxthrust.net/displayarticle174.html way kewl! :) BTW, there is an interesting Apogee report on "Calculating the Rate of Descent of a Helocopter Duration Model" at http://www.apogeerockets.com/education/downloads/Heli_R-and-D.pdf - iz >>I've been trying to get to the Estes website at http://www.estesrockets.com/ >>for several days, and it appears to be down. Anyone know what is going on? [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > -dave w IIRC, the Cosmic Cobra is pretty much the same thing as the Hyper-X. > I've been trying to get to the Estes website at http://www.estesrockets.com/ > for several days, and it appears to be down. Anyone know what is going on? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > -- David Man, you are EXACTLY right! Thanks! -- David > IIRC, the Cosmic Cobra is pretty much the same thing as the Hyper-X. > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > > > -- David |
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