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Estes Executioner #1951 Rerelease!!
Looks like Estes is bringing back the Executioner for D & E engines. I wonder if we can modify it to take F engines, or why they didn't make that available?
http://www.estesrockets.com/new/001951-executioner
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Yes, you should be able to with a 29mm tube and your xacto knife. Why didn't Estes do that? Probably because that would blur the lines between the PSII kits and regular kits. kj |
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And then they would get sued by the estate of Marvin Gaye.
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Don't the Vanguard and Star Orbiter already handily accomplish that? |
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The Executioner is a re-issue.
Estes probably didn't want to change any of the parts to keep it much like the original.
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Well according to guru John Boren, there are some changes to the kit in terms of fin material and a 24mm plastic retainer system instead of the metal engine hook. So it is different. Maybe because this kit's name starts with "E" they wanted to keep it E powered. So i guess we need a Fatalizer or Finalizer kit (F powered).
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Vanguard? Yes, the Star Orbiter does blur the line very nicely (great flyer).
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Same BT & NC, 24mm vs 29mm. |
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You mean, perhaps, the current BT-60-based Vagabond?
It's not quite the long thing the Star Orbiter (which uses two full length BT-60s) is, but it does seem to use the same NC.....
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