X-Prize kits from Estes

Nov 23, 2004 9 Replies

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Hobby People website seems to indicate at least one model in stock. Anybody been to a store and seen it in stock?



Any other vendors have them yet?



Photos from the Hobby Visions show are now online on the SoCalRockets Yahoogroup - including many Estes X-Prize kit photos.


-Fred Shecter


I'm expecting a few in soon, but the Space Ship One and Oracle have been delayed 'til January.

DDP ______________________________________________

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They probably had to update the decals for the Space Ship One.

Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD" >>> To reply, remove the TRABoD!

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David Erbas-White

Bob Kaplow wrote:

OK, my local Hobby People (Lake Forest) did not have any of the new kits, but...

My local mom & pop hobby shop did. They have the Gouchito, the Lucky Seven, the Rubicon (all of these are the Ansari X-Prize kits), and they also had the Scissor-Wing Transport. The Gouchito and Lucky Seven are both mini-engine kits, the Rubicon is a D-engine kit (and fairly pricy, at $29.99). The Scissor Wing was listed at $19.99, with laser-cut fins.

Haven't opened them up yet (and won't be able to today), but I'll post the instruction sheets when possible.

BTW, it was kind of funny -- the 18-year-old-ish clerk at the hobby store was really impressed with the cool, new design of the Scissor Wing Transport -- until I told him it was a re-issue of a 30-year-old design...

David Erbas-White

$18.99 at eHobbies. Listed as in stock.

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I saw this model (and the bagged kit) in Las Vegas at HobbyVisions (photos are online at SoCalRockets YahooGroup). Tons of interesting parts in this kit.

Someone could buy it , build it and fly it at the Sunday SCRA launch.

(alas, I'm too busy...)

-Fred Shecter NAR 20117

David Erbas-White wrote: ...

consider sending the scans to be posted on JimZ's site

I forgot... I put them on a.b.m.r (that's the one with the little dots, not the one that's all capital letters).

David Erbas-White

Cliff Sojourner wrote:

very funny!

actually we're probably going to pick up a couple of each of those kits.

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