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Re:Estes Rockets Model Scale 1:100 Replica of SpaceX Falcon 9 by m463 on Friday April 07, 2023 @05:52PM (#35487477)
I loved estes model rockets as a kid. I remember they had a model for "rich folks" that could launch an egg inside. Really rich folks could get the one with the 8mm camera.

I was poor and could only launch a few times. My go-to rocket was a "park toy rocket" I could fill with water, pump up manually, and launch over and over.

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Re:Estes Rockets Model Scale 1:100 Replica of SpaceX Falcon 9 by dkresge on Friday April 07, 2023 @06:27PM (#35487858)
Oh how I drooled for that Astrocam 110.
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Re:Estes Rockets Model Scale 1:100 Replica of SpaceX Falcon 9 by LanceH on Friday April 07, 2023 @06:14PM (#35487708)
We eventually opted for dowels and engines. We would cut off match heads to make a fuse.
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