Dear Estes Decision-makers (you must be monitoring these forums):
I like the A10-PT plugged rocket engine. Why? Because I have a scratch built cluster rocket with two 13mm “booster pods” on each side of the main body tube. I put an A10-PT into each booster pod and a B6 or C6 into the sustainer. Whoosh! The bird gets off the pad fast.
It would be great if Estes would make other plugged engines. How about an A8–P? Or a B6-P?
I have another scratch built cluster rocket with three 18mm tubes side by side. The two outer tubes are short, booster pods. Since you don’t make an 18mm engine that is plugged, I use A8-3’s in the pods. The pod tubes have vent holes for the ejection charge from the A8-3’s.
I know what you might say, Estes decision-makers: There is not a big enough market to justify making A8-P’s or B6-P’s.
Come now. I don’t mind you being Machiavellian about this. Just MAKE the market.
Just make three or four rocket kits that all REQUIRE A8-P’s or B6-P’s. Break even or lose money on the kits to sell the engines. Remember we are talking about cluster rockets here: It takes a pack of engines for ONE launch. Ka-ching!
I like the A10-PT plugged rocket engine. Why? Because I have a scratch built cluster rocket with two 13mm “booster pods” on each side of the main body tube. I put an A10-PT into each booster pod and a B6 or C6 into the sustainer. Whoosh! The bird gets off the pad fast.
It would be great if Estes would make other plugged engines. How about an A8–P? Or a B6-P?
I have another scratch built cluster rocket with three 18mm tubes side by side. The two outer tubes are short, booster pods. Since you don’t make an 18mm engine that is plugged, I use A8-3’s in the pods. The pod tubes have vent holes for the ejection charge from the A8-3’s.
I know what you might say, Estes decision-makers: There is not a big enough market to justify making A8-P’s or B6-P’s.
Come now. I don’t mind you being Machiavellian about this. Just MAKE the market.
Just make three or four rocket kits that all REQUIRE A8-P’s or B6-P’s. Break even or lose money on the kits to sell the engines. Remember we are talking about cluster rockets here: It takes a pack of engines for ONE launch. Ka-ching!