I have completed assembly of the fourth and final member of the Estes PSII E2X model line, the Trajector.

The listed weight/mass of the model w/o motor is 10.7 oz. As usual, mine turned out a little heavier at 11.4 oz. Some of that is due to my addition of a Semroc EB-20 ejecton baffle.

The model uses the Ascender fins just turned around 180 degrees. The nose cone is from the discontinued Interceptor E kit.

Speaking of the nose cone, it comes pre-assembled, painted and detailed. Nice. There are two packages of clay included in the kit which the builder must pack into the nose cone. I over did it and actually split the nose cone open on the bottom seam while packing in the clay. After cleaning the clay out of the seam I reglued the nose cone with Plasti-Zap CA which fixed the problem.

First flight will be next Saturday on an Estes E16-4 motor.

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Bob
S.A.M. # 0014

Saturday, November 2nd, was a warn sunny day in Los Angeles.

A slight breeze but otherwise excellent flying weather.

My new Estes PSII E2X Trajector model was loaded with an Estes E16-4 motor.

The E16 motor propelled the Trajector off the pad on a slow, steady flight for this draggy rocket.

Parachute ejection was just past apogee and the rocket decended safely to the ground.

I was able to get some good flight pictures.

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Bob
S.A.M. # 0014

More pictures...

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Bob
S.A.M. # 0014

Picked up a Trajector from the recent Estes clearance sale. Built it up and used John Pursleys Phantom Trajector skin instead of painting the body tube and nose cone. Did not care for the Halloween orange and black scheme, so painted the fins silver and the pods red. Fun build and fun to fly.

P.S. Was interesting to see the fun effect of painting the Estes 29mm motor retainer red. Added something to the model, I think.

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Tom Blakeney
NAR 52002 L1
AMA 28682
TRA 2150 (lapsed)

Nice!

Agreed! Your painting choices and John's skin really change the look of the Trajector for the best. I love John's detailed and imaginative skins. His scale skins are likewise fabulous!

Allen