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popularN3RD_01 posted Sep 16, 2025 11:48 PM

Estes Flying Model Rocket Kit NASA Space Shuttle 1:200 Scale EST9991 $26.21

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Estes Flying Model Rocket Kit NASA Space Shuttle 1:200 Scale EST9991

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Type: Model Rocket
Recommended Engines: C5-3
Color: White

https://www.microcenter.com/produ...toreid=105
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Estes Flying Model Rocket Kit NASA Space Shuttle 1:200 Scale EST9991

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Type: Model Rocket
Recommended Engines: C5-3
Color: White

https://www.microcenter.com/produ...toreid=105

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Sep 16, 2025 11:52 PM
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roberthhidSep 16, 2025 11:52 PM
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Brings back childhood memories!
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Sep 17, 2025 12:00 AM
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Sep 17, 2025 12:00 AM
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You can get replacement Rockets on sale to 3 pack for $2.99

https://www.microcenter.com/produ...or-rockets

https://www.microcenter.com/produ...or-rockets
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Sep 17, 2025 12:13 AM
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BrentB3660Sep 17, 2025 12:13 AM
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Good deal. Too bad not in stock at my micro center and doesn't ship.
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Sep 17, 2025 12:16 AM
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BabyBubba
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Sep 17, 2025 12:16 AM
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Quote from roberthhid :
Brings back childhood memories!
Same here...fond ones. Estes rockets were easy to build and fun to fly. Good times. I wonder whatever happened to my super deluxe launch pad with wired ignition controller.
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Sep 17, 2025 12:21 AM
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gokuSep 17, 2025 12:21 AM
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Always wanted the Saturn V from them.
Sep 17, 2025 12:32 AM
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Old_GreggSep 17, 2025 12:32 AM
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I thought these were discontinued
Sep 17, 2025 4:41 AM
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NateN34Sep 17, 2025 4:41 AM
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Good prices.

BTW all the launch pad sets are $16 too.....usually $50.
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Sep 17, 2025 1:48 PM
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SpiffywerksSep 17, 2025 1:48 PM
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Quote from roberthhid :
Brings back childhood memories!
I had that cardboard briefcase filled with all kinds of gear. Little yellow wired plastic ignition with a metal "key" you insert to close the circuit to be able to launch. So many memories building rockets in my garage working on top the washer and dryer, trying to set the fins to be absolutely straight.


Building the space shuttle was the hardest kit 9 year old me ever did. Broke the dowel that holds the flaps, improvised with a piece of wire so the shuttle never glided right, was rear heavy and crashed... lol.


All these kits now don't need assembly. Old kits were real model kits, nothing was pre-built. You had to assemble --everything--. The only "made piece" was the nose cone, otherwise you were cutting dowels to length, gluing the flaps onto the dowel, even painting and gluing every little plastic fuel line that ran down the main fuel tank. Great memories!
Sep 17, 2025 2:50 PM
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RyanMPLSSep 17, 2025 2:50 PM
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I don't know if all igniters are old stock these days because of Roblox or what but we have had terrible luck launching rockets. I even tested using a 30v 10a power supply instead of the 9v battery powered launcher and the darned things just don't go and if they do it's a tiny sizzle. Have resorted to YT videos to make our own.
Sep 17, 2025 3:07 PM
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mntbikeracer1Sep 17, 2025 3:07 PM
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Quote from Spiffywerks :
I had that cardboard briefcase filled with all kinds of gear. Little yellow wired plastic ignition with a metal "key" you insert to close the circuit to be able to launch. So many memories building rockets in my garage working on top the washer and dryer, trying to set the fins to be absolutely straight.


Building the space shuttle was the hardest kit 9 year old me ever did. Broke the dowel that holds the flaps, improvised with a piece of wire so the shuttle never glided right, was rear heavy and crashed... lol.


All these kits now don't need assembly. Old kits were real model kits, nothing was pre-built. You had to assemble --everything--. The only "made piece" was the nose cone, otherwise you were cutting dowels to length, gluing the flaps onto the dowel, even painting and gluing every little plastic fuel line that ran down the main fuel tank. Great memories!
They've sold prebuilts for decades and still sell full blown models.

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