The Alpha non 3 was my first rocket in 1968. Cut the fins out incorrectly with the grain in the wrong direction, Lol. 10 year old totally on my own.
Every time I launched that rocket it broke a fin on landing. But I learned from the mistake, never cut fins out incorrectly again.
I like the Alpha III but I really don’t understand why Estes has it over priced in comparison to other rockets.
For several years I use to take the lead in having a model rocket launch at a elementary school. We would fly over 130 rockets, over 1/4 of the students. But I always got as good of a price on the 12 pack crayon rockets, plus they were 1.64 size making for better recovery performance as compared to the Alpha III.
Alpha MSRP is $21.99 ea.
Didn’t notice the crayon rockets at AC supply lately either
I would have gotten the alpha for A8-3 burners, since I had allot of those motors, but didn’t want to pay that price at the time. As far as building goes, it is perfect for elementary school programs.