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Estes - Fat Boy (1273)

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Contributed by Eric Miller

Rocket PicI received a Estes Fat Boy as a Christmas gift from my wife Lisa. The Fat Boy is an Estes Beta (Beginner) series rocket.

This kit was packaged in plastic with a cardboard picture of the rocket. It probably cost around $15.00. All the parts were included and none were damaged. I think Estes has some of the best instructions on the market (I like pictures). The kit contains a plastic nose cone, body section, parachute, balsa fins and engine mount.

The rocket is a short and fat, hence the name. Maximum C engine power (without upgrade). This is a great beginner's rocket.

I rate construction of this rocket a 4 out of 5 on the Essence Scale, no major design deficiencies or obstacles. 

Rocket PicI primed the rocket and painted it just like the package. This rocket is short but wide and I like its distinctive look. The balsa fins were not the smoothest since I'm lazy and skip over applying sanding sealer and sanding, therefore the self stick decals for the fins were sure to come off after a few flights. I decided to apply some clear satin polyurethane over the decals, to ensure they would last. This is the first time I have used polyurethane on a rocket. (BTW this did not work that well. Take time to seal and sand all your balsa parts, it really assists with decal retention.)

First launch was on April 21st 1999 at the K1 launch site in Palmya. Fat Boy was a favorite of the launch site hosts. I used perma-wadding that I ordered from Rogue Aerospace. I have had good luck with perma-wadding on other rockets but not this rocket. The rocket flew on a C6-3 for a nice flight. I angled the rocket into the wind, but that didn't help. After leaving the launch pad it weather cocked over K1 launch site and over the house. The parachute deployed and Fat Boy was recovered with no damage.

I give the flight an Essence score of 4 out of 5.

FlightWhen I recovered Fat Boy I noticed the perma-wadding had a big hole burnt though it. I emailed Rogue about the problem and they were quick to respond. They stated that perma-wadding is heat resistant material but sometimes the engine will eject hot pieces of matter that will adversely impact the integrity of the perma-wadding.

In any event I was left with a melted Estes chute. Fat Boy has a large holding area for wadding and parachute due to the large diameter of the rocket. I'm going to have to rethink how I place the wadding in Fat Boy to cut down on burnt perma-wadding and melted plastic chutes.

Overall I give the Fat Boy a 4 out of 5 on the Essence scale. A enjoyable rocket with a unique look and a real crowd pleaser.

    Flight Log

    DateRocket NameMotor(s)AltitudeNotes
    1969-12-31Madison Adler's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- GOOD FLIGHT
    1969-12-31Madison Adler's Estes Fat BoyC5-3- NotesGOOD FLIGHT
    1990-08-29Howard Smart's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Nomex failed and melted to chute. Flutter recovery without damage. Love the sand at Fiesta...
    1997-07-02William Beggs's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Great flight and recovery.
    1998-06-14EMRR's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- A lot of weather-cocking. Flew out 200 yards before ejection. using reefed chute made it drop...
    1998-11-07EMRR's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Good flight and recovery.
    1999-04-21Eric Miller's Estes Fat BoyB6-2- Fat Boy maiden flight and it was a good one, no weather cocking, ejected parachute floated over...
    1999-04-28Eric Miller's Estes Fat BoyA8-3- What a waste of an engine, Fat Boy lived up to his name. Sorry to disappoint you Kenny. This guy...
    1999-05-22Eric Miller's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- The Fat Boy fires and goes up, up and arcs to have the most tragic flight of the day. Parachute...
    1999-08-09Bob Sanford's Estes Fat BoyB6-2- First flight. Drizzle. Low altitude. Cracked fins on landing.
    1999-11-28Mark Patoka's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Weather-cocks fairly quickly and almost flew horizontal. Still flew high-enough for a nice descent.
    1999-11-28Mark Patoka's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Initial flight. Not high but weather-cocked shorly after take-off. Ejected good.
    2000-02-05Randy Powell's Estes Fat BoyD12-5- fat-boy with a D size motor needs nose-weight. . . used a bigger than normal spill-hole on estes...
    2000-02-19James Johnson's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Perfect Engine. Takes Fat Boy to decent altitude with a relatively slow liftoff. Drifts far...
    2000-03-01Randy Powell's Estes Fat BoyD12-5- I like the way this rocket flies. . . can always see it struggling to gain altitude. . landed...
    2000-03-12Thomas Hatley's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Much longer burn than B6-2, nice to watch. Used quite a bit of wadding, as noticed during first...
    2000-03-12Thomas Hatley's Estes Fat BoyB6-2- Out for first time w/family, first time doing this for 6 years. . . liftoff was more rapid than...
    2000-03-21Randy Powell's Estes Fat BoyD12-5- after adding 24 grams to the NC this rocket flew excellent. . . . might try a E15w next. used 18...
    2000-04-21MikeyR's Estes Fat BoyD24-4- 14 parachute Nice high flight. Good recovery.
    2000-05-13Cliff Oliver's Estes Fat BoyC6-5-
    2000-05-20Randy Powell's Estes Fat BoyD12-5- Launched straight-up. About 200 ft. up it angled slightly down-wind. . recovered about 100 yds....
    2000-06-11Mark VanArsdall's Estes Fat BoyB6-2-
    2000-06-24David Fergus's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- went ballistic, probably due to parachute shifting down further into body tube causing Cg to be...
    2000-06-24David Fergus's Estes Fat BoyC5-3- put more wadding in and used C5 instead of C6, good flight.
    2000-06-24Eric Miller's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- After, my Hex Courier went in a tree, I decided I really needed more launch angle which caused one...
    2000-08-05EMRR's Estes Fat BoyB6-2- Good little flight for my 3 year old!
    2000-08-06Jeff Howard's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Notes: Perfect flight, landed 15 feet from the pad.
    2000-08-06Jeff Howard's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Notes: Minor parachute melt.
    2000-09-09Kevin Johnson's Estes Fat BoyC6-0/C6-3- 2 stage Oy! Fat Boy. Boost was off vertical. Clean stage and nice return close to pad. Glad I cut...
    2000-09-17Jerry Steketee's Estes Fat BoyC6-7- good flight, nice recovery for demonstration
    2000-09-17Jerry Steketee's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Notes Good motor to demonstrate phases of flight to novices. Everything visible from the ground.
    2000-09-25EMRR's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- This is a nice test flight for the field and wind.
    2000-09-30EMRR's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Perfect flight for my 3 year old.
    2000-10-14Kevin Johnson's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Very straight boost.
    2000-10-19Donald Besaw's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Rocket arched into the wind and climbed almost horizontally. Slight twist in chute but it was not...
    2000-11-12Kenneth Johnson's Estes Fat BoyD21-7- This is the motor of choice in my opinion. Takes off fast and just keeps on climbing. Lost a fin...
    2000-11-25Steve Terrell's Estes Fat BoyD21-7- This is a great engine for this rocket! I would go for the 4 second delay next time. Even with...
    2000-12-01Kenneth Johnson's Estes Fat BoyA8-3- I was invited to teach a junior high science class, and brought this rocket out for a demo flight....
    2000-12-09Kevin Johnson's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Not a straight boost. Weathercocked over on launch.
    2001-01-21Tony Fragge's Estes Fat BoyB4-4- Chute did not deploy. Temperature: 29 degrees
    2001-02-03Cliff Oliver's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Cool, slow lift off and flight
    2001-02-18Kenneth Johnson's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Beautiful, slow boost, decent altitude, nail-biting long delay, and popped the chute about 10 feet...
    2001-02-18Kenneth Johnson's Estes Fat BoyB4-4- Good motor for a windy day. Low and slow, but a little long on the delay. Landed at the high power...
    2001-02-19Geoff Stanford's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- I gave this one too much angle on the pad, and as a result while the vertical velocity was near...
    2001-02-19Geoff Stanford's Estes Fat BoyB6-2- Great little rocket, didn't go very high, but it was a good first flight.
    2001-03-25Ed Scientist's Estes Fat BoyB4-4- Good flight but hit the ground hard. All shroud lines burned in half.
    2001-03-31Ed Scientist's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Perfect flight althogh it was very cold and the parachute failed to open. No damage was taken.
    2001-03-31Ed Scientist's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Looped over achieving a low altitude. The chute did not deploy. luckily it landed in a swampy area...
    2001-04-08Ed Scientist's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Perfect lift off poor recovery. Once again the shroud lines burned in half. Hit the ground real...
    2001-04-13Bill Eichelberger's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- This was Sarah's "Mary Kate & Ashley" rocket. I built it, primed it, then let her color on...
    2001-04-13Bill Eichelberger's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Second flight of Sarah's MK&A rocket. Great motor for this bird.
    2001-04-14Sierra Fragge's Estes Fat BoyB6-2- good
    2001-04-14Mara Fragge's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Good flight
    2001-04-14Tim Burger's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- First flight - cone popped off at ejection, but the 'chute didn't come out. No damage.
    2001-04-14Tim Burger's Estes Fat BoyC5-3- Better than previous cruise missile flight.
    2001-04-14Ed Scientist's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Finally an all around perfect flight. Duel lanched with my buudy Eric's Prowler.
    2001-04-15Geoff Stanford's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Perfect flight, the new chute worked like a charm.
    2001-04-29Ed Scientist's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Dag gum! it never left the ground. lauch lug got humg up on the end of the launh rod. The rocket...
    2001-05-05Bill Eichelberger's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Followed the U.S.S. Rigor Mortis seemingly into oblivion, but a 10:00pm call from a friend who...
    2001-05-06EMRR's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Good first flight of 2001 (other than MMX). Nice field tester.
    2001-05-26Jeff Howard's Estes Fat BoyC5-3- Sent up with 2 toy parachute soldiers.
    2001-05-27Jeff Howard's Estes Fat BoyC5-3- Excellent flight. Sent 2 parachute soldiers as well. Kids loved it.
    2001-05-31Donald Besaw's Estes Fat BoyC6-3200 feet Severe weathercock. Rocket reached an overall height of about 200 feet. Perfect recovery otherwise.
    2001-06-10EMRR's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Seemed more like a 7 second delay, but no harm. Nice flier, can't say it enough.
    2001-06-16EMRR's Estes Fat BoyC6-5150 feet Came off the pad and went horizonal at about 150 feet high, ejected as heading back down. This was...
    2001-06-23Neil Thompson's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Went up about 20' and went horizontal. It streaked across 2 or 3 soccer fields and hit a boulder...
    2001-06-24Tony Fragge's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Sierra really enjoyed the flight.
    2001-07-08Mark Patoka's Estes Fat BoyD12-3- First flight with D motor. Perfect, nice high flight but drifted a long way. Recovered on front...
    2001-07-14Donald Besaw's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Good flight for once. Suffered a tangled chute. Oh well. No damage.
    2001-07-15Geoff Stanford's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- This one was squirrelly off the pad. Probably due to high winds.
    2001-07-17Donald Besaw's Estes Fat BoyC6- Went horizontal again. I think its time to add some nose weight. Long walk on recovery.
    2001-07-18EMRR's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Straight up flight (finally after several large arcs) and ejection was a tad bit early. Good flight
    2001-07-26Tim Burger's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Cruise missile profile right on to school roof.
    2001-09-02EMRR's Estes Fat BoyB6-2- Not sure what I was doing. This should have been a B6-4, oh, well, so started the day
    2001-09-23Donald Besaw's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Another horizontal flight. Ejected about 40 feet from the ground. Had to use C6-5 because im...
    2001-10-20Mark Patoka's Estes Fat BoyD12-3- Severely weather cocked and flew horizontally. Chute separated upon ejection. Recovered chute but...
    2001-10-28Michael Doherty's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- This was what I was waiting for! Good altitude, great ejection. Lots of smoke from engine, too!...
    2001-10-28Michael Doherty's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Not much height, ejection was late. Thought I had a lawn dart on the first flight. :(
    2001-11-17David Fergus's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- unstable flight, needs nose weight and more room parachute to stay closer to front of rocket with...
    2001-11-17John Arthur's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Only went about 100 ft. high with a flight path that looked like the St. Louis Arch.
    2001-11-17EMRR's Estes Fat BoyB4-2- Slow lift-off, but it is workable!
    2001-11-17EMRR's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Good launch to test the flying field and day.
    2001-11-22Michael Doherty's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Great flight w/o much turning. Looked great againt clear blue sky. Recovered w/o a problem.
    2001-12-08EMRR's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Nice flight to start off the day
    2002-01-12Eric Benner's Estes Fat BoyE28-7-
    2002-01-20Jerry Davis's Estes Fat BoyB6-2- First flight -- not very interesting on this engine.
    2002-01-20Jerry Davis's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Nice flight, close recovery
    2002-02-23David Logan's Estes Fat BoyE11-3- Excellent high flight to about 950 ft, great motor for a 24mm conversion. Recovered very well on a...
    2002-04-14Donald Besaw's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Nice straight flight. Long walk for recovery despite somewhat low altitude.
    2002-05-25David Fergus's Estes Fat BoyC6-3-
    2002-05-27EMRR's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- A good starter flight for the day
    2002-06-09Robert LeNeal's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Hung a left as it came off the rod cruised at a 45 degree angle landed in a tree. Needs more power.
    2002-07-25EMRR's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- The 5 delay is long and I don't know why I keep choosing it, however, a good flight and recovery.
    2002-07-30Donald Besaw's Estes Fat BoyC5-3- Very nice flight. Ejection came a little early though. No damage.
    2002-08-02Jason Vennard's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Good flight, part of the shock chord got caught under heat shield though and burnt right through,...
    2002-08-24Patrick Scheirer's Estes Fat BoyB4-2- Went vertical 50 feet up. The parachute didin't open until the rocket was a foot from the ground,...
    2002-09-22Eric Ellington's Estes Fat BoyC5-3- First flight of stock Fat Boy. Great motor for this rocket (if you can still find one). Drifted a...
    2002-09-22Eric Ellington's Estes Fat BoyD21-4- Another great motor for this rocket. 'Chute too big for weight/ conditions. Drifted into the...
    2002-09-22Richard Valenti's Estes Fat BoyE9-5- Biggest motor yet.Mod to 29mm.Went up to about 750 and chute popped.Came down about 200ft out on a...
    2002-09-29Joe Cacciatore's Estes Fat BoyD12-3- First flight weather cocks and almost lands on black top but clears it and lands on grass. Pretty...
    2002-10-12Randy Powell's Estes Fat BoyE9-6- went horizontal after boosting about 30 ft...went way down-range and ejected just before...
    2002-10-20Randy Powell's Estes Fat BoyD12-5- weather-cocked pretty good...had 30 grams of nose weight...took out 10 for next launch
    2002-10-26David Logan's Estes Fat BoyD12-3- Not quite a 3 second delay, no damage, recovered 75 ft away with a 14 inch chute.
    2002-10-26Richard Valenti's Estes Fat BoyD12-5700 feet Modified Fat Boy.Motor burned and flame was visible up to apogee.Up to about 700 and popped...
    2002-11-09Joe Skitka's Estes Fat Boy3xC6-5900 feet 7 motor mounts work great in this rocket. It screamed off the pad to about 900 feet. Had some...
    2002-11-17Stephen Corban's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Trying do do a St. Louis Arch. Weathercocked horribly
    2003-02-01Michael Simpson's Estes Fat BoyC6-3-
    2003-02-15Richard Valenti's Estes Fat BoyD12-7- Up to about 40 ft corkscrewing all the way.Came down about 75ft out still accelerating.Buried...
    2003-02-16James Reyome's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Great motor for this rocket. Came close to landing in some power lines when the wind caught it...
    2003-02-16James Reyome's Estes Fat BoyB4-4- First flight, not even painted yet. Weathercocked nicely and landed close. Made us bold enough to...
    2003-03-08Matt Vennard's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- 3rd flight of the day. Another nice boost, good height, and a good recovery, close to the pad. OEM...
    2003-03-08Matt Vennard's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Nice liftoff. Quick, but not too fast. Chute melded (not totally melted) and brought the rocket...
    2003-04-12James Reyome's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Nice flight for the chubster. There were a lot of these at Manchester this weekend and I can see...
    2003-04-13Matt Vennard's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Took off at a pretty good angle into the wind, but overall a pretty good flight. Estes chute...
    2003-04-16Dan Westley's Estes Fat BoyB6-2- 1st flight - nice flight :-) Gonna try on a C next launch
    2003-04-18Dan Westley's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Again, shot off horizontally into the wind. Looks good, but it shouldn't be doing it - hmmm......
    2003-04-19Joe Cacciatore's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Fourth flight on same day, must be a new record for me!
    2003-04-19Joe Cacciatore's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Rocket flies good on a 5 second delay too.
    2003-04-19Joe Cacciatore's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- About twice as high as a B6-4. Lands inches from water.
    2003-04-19Joe Cacciatore's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Nice little flight
    2003-04-20Donald Besaw's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- A very nice flight. Landed close to pad. No damage.
    2003-04-27James Reyome's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Another super flight for the chubster. Needs a new coat of paint, but still flies great!
    2003-05-05Michael Majeski's Estes Fat Boy2xB6-4- Went straight up off the pad, ejection was perfect from what I could see. Started drifting once...
    2003-05-10Lance Alligood's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Slow & low. I was all out of C6-5s & had to use a B6-4. Topped out at ~200ft. Safe recovery...
    2003-05-27Jason Vennard's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Good take off but then rocket arched a little bit. Ejection was very early but no damage. Recovery...
    2003-05-28Lance Alligood's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Super flight on a C6-5! Cocked into the wind pretty good but that helped recover it close to the...
    2003-05-29Jon Revelle's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Only saw half of flight. Landed in another field. Man returned it.
    2003-05-31James Reyome's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Almost a prang and it might've been but for high grass in the HARA launch field. Overcompensated...
    2003-05-31James Reyome's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Much better flight. The two seconds less delay made all the difference. Have to keep in mind that...
    2003-06-08Rocky Firth's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Perfect flight until the wind changed direction on decent and it found a new home 40 feet up a...
    2003-06-08Rocky Firth's Estes Fat BoyB4-4- Core sample! Rocket was caught by a gust just as it cleared the rod and healed over hard. Ejection...
    2003-06-08Matt Vennard's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- A B motor just isn't enough for this little rocket, but it still flies well enough. Fairly slow...
    2003-06-11Bill Bill's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Good flight. Landed fast on 12in chute near some soccer people who thought What the heck was that?.
    2003-06-21Lance Alligood's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- About 100ft in the air, it turned horizontal. Rocket ejected at ~50ft & disappeared into the...
    2003-07-01Matt Vennard's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Great flight, though cocked a little in the breeze. Ejection oerfect, and floated down right back...
    2003-07-04Donald Besaw's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Nice flight, ignored rod angle. Stripped a shroud line, recovered with no problems in some bushes...
    2003-07-20Donald Besaw's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Nice flight, had a rather large arc. Recovered fine. No damage.
    2003-07-20Donald Besaw's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- This time, I got a perfectly straight flight, up around 300-350 feet, the best flight I've ever...
    2003-08-03David Logan's Estes Fat BoyF21-6- Best flight yet on my Fat Boy. Flew very high, very fast. Has 2 oz of nose weight. Recovered on a...
    2003-08-12David Logan's Estes Fat BoyF21-6- Another outa sight flight! Recovered 30 yards away on a 12 inch chute. Nose weight is loose, but...
    2003-08-18EMRR's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Very nice.
    2003-08-18EMRR's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Another good flight
    2003-09-21Kristian Holmberg's Estes Fat BoyB4-2- another perfect fight , but egection burnt hole right threw the parachute
    2003-11-22David Logan's Estes Fat BoyF21-6- Nice high loud boost, deployed just after apogee, recovered about 200 yards down wind on a 12 inch...
    2003-12-08Alex Kowaleski's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- A solid flight to 300-400 feet. Parachute deployed as designed, and the rocket landed among many...
    2003-12-14Jason Reeder's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Very nice flight...floated like a feather...almost landed on a building....nice....
    2003-12-14Jason Reeder's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- First flight, perfect arch....kind of scary....land 30 feet from the pad..
    2003-12-25Jon Revelle's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Beautiful flight. I love the way this rocket flies.
    2003-12-26Jon Revelle's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Nice Takeoff. Landed in a tall tree. Lost.
    2004-01-12Jason Vennard's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Good flight and recovery, delay fine even with a little weather cocking.. Recovery with 15 nylon.
    2004-01-17Phil Hasty's Estes Fat BoyA8-3- Wow, what a flight, exhilerating! Perfect arc. Powered through apogee, TOO heavy for the small...
    2004-01-24Larry Zeilmann's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Great flight
    2004-01-24Larry Zeilmann's Estes Fat BoyB4-2- AGF
    2004-01-24Kyle Hancock's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Great flight. Slow liftoff. Awesome.
    2004-02-14Kyle Hancock's Estes Fat BoyC6-3-
    2004-02-28John Arthur's Estes Fat BoyA8-3- Ooops... grabbed the wrong motor. Ejected about 15 feet from the ground.
    2004-02-28David Logan's Estes Fat BoyG35-7- Verrry high, beautiful flight. I used a 14 inch chute, and ended up walking just over a mile to...
    2004-03-07Kyle Hancock's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- What a great rocket!
    2004-03-14Kyle Hancock's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Serious left turn off the rod. Under power at 25' horizontally. Chute popped, but shredded. No...
    2004-03-20Mike Atwood's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Nice day to fly Three way drag race quick take off slow arc to the right good deployment
    2004-04-10Mike Atwood's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Very windy lauched at 25 deg nice slot flight. Ejection charge burned through two shround lines...
    2004-04-10Mike Atwood's Estes Fat BoyA8-3- Very windy tried A8-3 launched at 45 deg rocket hit ground before ejection no damage
    2004-04-10Kyle Hancock's Estes Fat BoyC6-3-
    2004-04-16Kyle Hancock's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Very straight flight, no weathercock.
    2004-04-24Kyle Hancock's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Never disappoints.
    2004-05-01David Logan's Estes Fat BoyG35-7- Another excellent flight. Used a 14 inch chute again, and had a nice long hike for a perfect...
    2004-05-16Kyle Hancock's Estes Fat BoyC6-3-
    2004-06-05David Logan's Estes Fat BoyG35-7- Another beautiful flight for the 29mm Fat Boy. It recovered about 200 yards out with a 7 by 70...
    2004-06-20Joe Cacciatore's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Alot higher than I thought with a C6-3. Wind brought it right back to the pad. Nice.
    2004-06-23Joe Cacciatore's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Flew for Royal Rangers class, teaching them about rockets. Flew in small field with no prolbems.
    2004-06-27Joe Cacciatore's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- B6-4 is too small for FatBoy, chute ejected just a few feet from ground, rocket not damaged.
    2004-07-11Joe Cacciatore's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Very nice flight on a C6-5, lands close
    2004-08-07David Logan's Estes Fat BoyF21-6- Another fantastic flight. Recovered using a Top Flight 12 inch chute. Took a while to finally...
    2004-08-08Kyle Hancock's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- New nylon chute.
    2004-08-20Alex Jordan's Estes Fat BoyC6-3300 feet Nice boost, slow low flights. perfect for small fields. Good fat cheap rocket
    2004-09-25David Logan's Estes Fat BoyF20-7- Good high flight, recovered about 400 yards downwind with a 12 inch Top Flight chute.
    2004-10-10Scott Turnbull's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- A little wind cocking kept the walk short as it drifted back in.
    2004-10-23EMRR's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Haven't flown in a while. Neat flight. Straight up and then stopped and fell tail first for 1...
    2004-11-07J Bolduc's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Nice high flight after slow picture perfect lift off. This days weather was perfect for a launch....
    2004-11-23Donald Besaw's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Nice flight. Moderate walk for recovery. No damage.
    2004-12-03Donald Besaw's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Nice flight with some arcing. Nice recovery fairly close by. No damage.
    2004-12-13Robert Davis's Estes Fat BoyD12-5- Launch rod was angled too much and the rocket went up at an angle. Flew fast, though, and came...
    2004-12-13Robert Davis's Estes Fat BoyD12-5- Corrected angle on the rod. Rocket came off fast and straight with lots of smoke--looked great....
    2004-12-13Robert Davis's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Thought we'd try this for fun since we were in a grassy field. Put B6 into empty D motor and...
    2005-01-02Kyle Hancock's Estes Fat BoyC6-3-
    2005-01-15Robert Davis's Estes Fat BoyD12-5- Perfect lift-off and flight to 800' or so. Shroud lines all broke at ejection, possibly due to...
    2005-01-31Stephen Fisher's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Great flight. Straight up, slight drift, landed about 50 feet from pad upright in the snow.
    2005-02-05Kyle Hancock's Estes Fat BoyC6-3-
    2005-02-06Scott Hauff's Estes Fat BoyD12-5- WOOOOOOHOOOOOO watch the Fat Boy rip!!!! Fast launch to about 750ft.Close recovery on 18in chute...
    2005-02-13Scott Hauff's Estes Fat BoyD12-5- Wife's favorite of the day. Lot-o-fun with a 24mm hole!!!!!
    2005-04-12David Logan's Estes Fat BoyF23-7- Nice high flight, recovered about 200 yards out with a 12 inch chute
    2005-04-16Aaron Stanley's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Perfect flight. I was dragging racing my Fatboy against this other little kids fat and mine won...
    2005-04-16Aaron Stanley's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Almost perfect flight the delay was a little to long and almost lawn darts in the parking lot.
    2005-05-15David Logan's Estes Fat BoyF23-7- Chute stuck in body tube, landed hard, cracking a fin. Easily fixed with CA.
    2005-05-29Peter Reed's Estes Fat BoyB4-4100 feet a little slow, only about 100' ejection was a little later than I like but chute deployed, no...
    2005-05-29Joe Cacciatore's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- OK flight on C6-5, drifts to end of field.
    2005-05-29Joe Cacciatore's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- First Fat Boy flight of the new season. Lands not too far away.
    2005-05-29Joe Cacciatore's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Another good flight.
    2005-06-12Scott Turnbull's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Clean Boost. Snapped a chute line and got a rapid descent. No damage.
    2005-06-15Steve Fisher's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Love this rocket. Slow take off, great apogee and nice recovery. My son says this is the best...
    2005-06-15Steve Fisher's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Beautiful lift off. No wind. Perfect flight. Perfect deployment. Landed about 3 feet from launch...
    2005-06-28Donald Besaw's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Nice flight, slight arc during boost. Moderate walk for recovery. No damage.
    2005-07-01Scott Turnbull's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Too Long of a delay resulted in stripped chute, tumble recovery, and broken fin. It will be...
    2005-07-03Joe Cacciatore's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Second flight of the day is good too.
    2005-07-03Joe Cacciatore's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Third flight of the day on a third C6-5 is fine and comes down close like the others.
    2005-07-03Joe Cacciatore's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Good flight with C6-5. This rocket continues to be good for small fields and large engines.
    2005-07-04Scott Turnbull's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Tumble recovered intact. Newly epoxied fin held up.
    2005-07-04Scott Turnbull's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Classic FatBoy flight. Slow arc and gentle descent.
    2005-07-04Joe Cacciatore's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- This rocket is great on a C6-5.
    2005-07-17Kyle Hancock's Estes Fat BoyC6-3-
    2005-07-20Warren Evans's Estes Fat Boy4xD12-5- It was a great flight but a note add 8oz to the nose to fly on four D12's Next is E9's
    2005-08-07Ron McFerren's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Meghan's Scooby-Doo Rocket - This flight was straight and true. Must not have used enough wadding...
    2005-08-07Ron McFerren's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Meghan's Scooby-Doo Rocket - Another great launch for this rocket. Leaned into the breeze a bit. ...
    2005-08-16Clive Davis's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Nice flight. Not much boost on a B6. Good deployment
    2005-08-20Mark Muir's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Low Flight, good for the field. First test of parachute mods to keep it from floating into the...
    2005-09-10Cliff Oliver's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- First since coming back into the hobby for years
    2005-09-11Mark Muir's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Nice flight. Picture taking, not ejection recording. Landed a few yards from pad.
    2005-09-17David Logan's Estes Fat BoyE9-4- Good flight on the long burn motor. Recovered about 200 yards from the pads with a 12 inch nylon...
    2005-09-17David Logan's Estes Fat BoyE30-7- Almost out of sight, recovered about 100 yards from pads with a 12 inch nylon chute.
    2005-10-03Mark Muir's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Nice flight. Spectators liked the fact that it returned to the head of the person at the firing...
    2005-10-15Aaron Stanley's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- This motor completely CATO'D it blew a huge hole in the side of my Fatboy and the rocket was...
    2005-10-23Warren Evans's Estes Fat Boy4xE9-6- It burnt the shock cord and seperated it poped loose two fins but it wass a perfect and awsome...
    2005-12-18Kyle Hancock's Estes Fat BoyD21-7-
    2005-12-18Kyle Hancock's Estes Fat BoyC6-3-
    2006-01-07Cliff Oliver's Estes Fat BoyC5-5- shreded chute
    2006-02-19Warren Evans's Estes Fat Boy4xE9-6- My Favorite Cluster
    2006-02-25Todd Mullin's Estes Fat BoyC6-5-
    2006-03-04Cliff Oliver's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Mass launch of Fatboys and Big Berthas
    2006-03-04Cliff Oliver's Estes Fat BoyC6-3-
    2006-03-11Hank Helmen's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- good boost, clean ejection and chute deployment. Flight nominal, A reliable vehicle!
    2006-03-19Tom+Maggie Brogan's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Way under powered, 1st flight, caught big gust of wind after clearing rod, 45° angle flight....
    2006-03-19Kyle Hancock's Estes Fat BoyD21-4-
    2006-03-30Richie Brunjes's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Great liftoff
    2006-04-02Richie Brunjes's Estes Fat BoyC6-3-
    2006-04-09Richie Brunjes's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- excellent flight
    2006-04-24Richie Brunjes's Estes Fat BoyC6-3-
    2006-04-30Richie Brunjes's Estes Fat BoyC6-5-
    2006-04-30Richie Brunjes's Estes Fat BoyC6-3-
    2006-05-06Aaron Stanley's Estes Fat Boy3xD12-7- What a great flight it absolutely just jumped off the rail and went about 1800 feet and then...
    2006-05-06Warren Evans's Estes Fat Boy4xE9-8- Great flight but the shock cord was burnt half way (Repairable)
    2006-06-03David Logan's Estes Fat BoyD12-5- Nice flight on this motor. Used a 12 inch chute for recovery. Drifted about 200 yards down wind.
    2006-06-03David Logan's Estes Fat BoyF21-8- Fantastic flight, nice and high and just kept on going. Recovered with a 12 inch chute about 1/2...
    2006-06-06Matt Gillard's Estes Fat BoyB4-2- good flight, nose cone popped off at apogee, but parachute didn't deploy untill 50 feet off the...
    2006-06-08Matt Gillard's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Arced flight, took ages to drift down on a spill holed 12 inch 'chute. caught in tree, some damage...
    2006-06-17Gary Drebit's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Perfect flight
    2006-06-17Matt Gillard's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- arched flight ejected about 1 scond past apogee, recovered fine, carried payload -toy parachute...
    2006-06-23Scott Turnbull's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Text book sweetness.
    2006-06-23Howie Druckerman's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Great flight -- low and slow
    2006-07-01Scott Turnbull's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Stock standard performer for a small field.
    2006-07-01Scott Turnbull's Estes Fat BoyB6-4-
    2006-07-01Matt Gillard's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- straight flight, had a parachute man as a payload, he caught a thermal and drifted for over 3...
    2006-07-08Scott Turnbull's Estes Fat BoyC6-5-
    2006-07-30Clive Davis's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- I think the 3 second delay would have been better. Nice flight on the C. Recovery was very close...
    2006-07-30Clive Davis's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Nice flight. Next flight will be with a C6.
    2006-08-12David Logan's Estes Fat BoyF21-8- Beautiful boost, drifted into a 50 foot tree with a 12 inch chute. Unable to recover it.
    2006-08-13Howie Druckerman's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- C of 1/2A to H
    2006-08-26Donald Besaw's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Nice flight, slight arc during boost, nominal recovery. No damage.
    2006-09-02Mike Mistele's Estes Fat BoyB4-2- Just not enough motor. Severe weathercocking, wound up flying nearly horizontal, never cleared...
    2006-09-04Clive Davis's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Boost was OK. I thought I would lose the rocket in the trees, but she landed behind them in the...
    2006-09-08Mike Mistele's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Awesome flight. Great ripping sound off the launchpad, straight flight. Good deployment, hung up...
    2006-09-08Mike Mistele's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Another great flight...perfect motor for this rocket. Straight as an arrow, soft landing.
    2006-09-09Mark Muir's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Drifted just into the trees.
    2006-09-10Richie Brunjes's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Nice Flight
    2006-10-02Richie Brunjes's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Good flight , not very high
    2006-10-13Matt Gillard's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- great straight flight, had 5 parachutes as a pay load!
    2006-10-13Matt Gillard's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- arched boost hit a patch of brambles and nettles just before ejection. i'm goning to have to find...
    2006-10-15Kyle Hancock's Estes Fat BoyC6-3-
    2006-10-15Kyle Hancock's Estes Fat BoyC6-3-
    2006-11-15Conner Kuhns's Estes Fat BoyI285-10- first flightflew perfectly finerecovered about 500 feet from pad
    2006-11-18Keith Hamel's Estes Fat Boy4xC6-5- Quick straight boost, lots of flame and smoke. Sims to 800ft. Excelent recovery under a 12 inch...
    2006-12-02Conner Kuhns's Estes Fat BoyI366-10- fiberglassed and modifyed with a 38mm motor mountflew perfectly straightrecovered a month...
    2006-12-02Cliff Oliver's Estes Fat BoyC5-3-
    2006-12-02Cliff Oliver's Estes Fat BoyC6-3-
    2006-12-27Clive Davis's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Too gusty to fly the FB. Boost OK, but the ejection was very late. Opened up just a few feet...
    2007-03-03Aaron Stanley's Estes Fat Boy3xD12-7- Perfect Second Flight.
    2007-03-30Howie Druckerman's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- A perfect flight landing about 100 yards away.
    2007-04-21Bill Poster's Estes Fat BoyC6-5-
    2007-04-22Howie Druckerman's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Off the rod straight, but turned right and flew sideways in the heavy wind gust. Landed five feet...
    2007-05-26Dwayne Shmel's YellowJacketD12-5- Excellent flight straight up despite gusty winds. perfect deployment and descent on 15 mylar...
    2007-06-02Dwayne Shmel's YellowJacketD12-5- Another great flight of the YellowJacket
    2007-06-02Dwayne Shmel's YellowJacketD12-5-
    2007-06-16Aaron Stanley's Estes Fat Boy3xD12-7- another perfect flight
    2007-06-21Dwayne Shmel's YellowJacketC11-5- Chute too large. Rocket drifted and landed in parking lot. Minor damage to fins.
    2007-06-23Dwayne Shmel's YellowJacketD12-5- Straight up - nice deployment. Rocket landed about 700' from pad because chute was a little too...
    2007-07-21Dwayne Shmel's YellowJacketC11-3- Nice flight.
    2007-07-22Howie Druckerman's Estes Fat BoyD21-7- Fins are foamed inside the airframe and stay on. The D21 kicks this rocket up 800 feet very fast....
    2007-07-22Howie Druckerman's Estes Fat BoyD21-7- Another great flight.
    2007-07-28Howie Druckerman's Estes Fat BoyD21-7- This Fat Boy has the fins foamed inside the airframe. Everything stays together even with the...
    2007-07-28Dwayne Shmel's YellowJacketC6-3- Angled East about 5 degrees during ascent. Perfect ejection and recovery
    2007-07-29Bill Poster's Estes Fat BoyC6-5-
    2007-08-05Dwayne Shmel's YellowJacketC6-5- Very nice flight. Nice altitude.
    2007-08-19Howie Druckerman's Estes Fat BoyD21-7- Motor overpressurized upon lighting of igniter. Foamed airframe, centering rings, and fins...
    2007-08-25Dwayne Shmel's YellowJacketC6-3- Nice flight using the 24mm to 18mm adapter.
    2007-09-21Scott Turnbull's Estes Fat BoyB6-2-
    2008-01-06George Beever's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Great flight on a calm day. Model is 11 years old this month.
    2008-01-06George Beever's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Great flight on an 11 year old model.
    2008-01-26Dwayne Shmel's YellowJacketD12-5- Perfect Flight.
    2008-02-23Dwayne Shmel's YellowJacketC11-5- Nice flight.
    2008-02-24Josh Joung's Estes Fat BoyA6-4- Stupid motor choice. Peak altitude, 35-50 feet. Simply put, it went up and then back down. Nose...
    2008-03-15Jeff Boldig's Estes Fat Boy3XC6-5-
    2008-04-05Ray King's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Good flight - nice and straight - good altitude - successful recovery.
    2008-04-19Keith Hamel's Estes Fat Boy2xD12-7+2xD11-P- Awesome Boost! Very High too much parachute. Lost in swamp/trees.
    2008-05-31Dwayne Shmel's YellowJacketC6-3- Fat Boy duration contest - time was 21.53 seconds on 18 plastic chute.
    2008-06-15Jeff Boldig's Estes Fat Boy3XC6-550 feet Only 2 of 3 motors lit and it got very squirrely and land sharked about 100ft from the pad. Broke...
    2008-06-28Dwayne Shmel's YellowJacketF12-5- The Yellow Jacket (Beauty Contest Winner) took off and went horizontal over the hill. The F12-5J...
    2008-08-19Hank Helmen's Estes Fat BoyC6-7345 feet Fat Boy with a C6-7 to test delay. Ejected nose down, but no problem. Recovery catch by young...
    2008-08-19Hank Helmen's Estes Fat BoyC6-5437 feet Nice Fat boy boost. Slightly angled, probalby due to small gust of wind. Easy recovery pretty...
    2008-08-19Hank Helmen's Estes Fat BoyC6-5392 feet Another fine Fat flight, featuring fast acent, flawless ejection and floating recovery. Fabulous!
    2008-09-21Hank Helmen's Estes Fat BoyC6-7210 feet Bad arc over boost. Way too much time delay! Ejected right over Pond.Landed in pond! Had to wade...
    2008-10-27John Bergsmith's Estes Fat BoyD12-3- Rocket was modified with a 24mm mount. This was the first flight and it was outstanding. Nice...
    2008-11-16Kyle Hancock's Estes Fat BoyC6-3-
    2008-12-05Cliff Oliver's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Successful drag race with Greg Lane
    2008-12-05Cliff Oliver's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Drag race with Greg Lane. Greg's FB did not launch
    2009-01-18Kyle Hancock's Estes Fat BoyD21-4-
    2009-01-24Jeff Boldig's Estes Fat Boy3XC6-5400 feet This is not a good rocket for windy days. Too much Nosecone weight? Tore two shroud lines loose...
    2009-02-16Kyle Hancock's Estes Fat BoyC6-3-
    2009-02-28Howard Smart's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Weather cocked. Good flight.
    2009-02-28Howard Smart's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Weather cocked. Good flight.
    2009-03-28Howard Smart's Estes Fat BoyB6-2- Chute stuck on the way out. No damage. First place in Spot Landing.
    2009-04-19Kyle Hancock's Estes Fat BoyB6-4- Christian Denmark
    2009-07-03Jeff Boldig's Estes Fat Boy3XC6-5- Great flight. Landed out in the Muck Jason picked it up on his way to get his. Returned the...
    2009-10-03Hank Helmen's Estes Fat BoyC6-3302 feet Another good flight on this old bird ! Good chute and recovery!
    2009-10-31Jeff Boldig's Estes Fat Boy3XA8-350 feet Very windy. 3 A8-3 is too small of cluster. Maybe 50 feet. 12 chute with spill hle too small of...
    2009-11-07Cliff Oliver's Estes Fat BoyC6-3-
    2010-03-20Jeff Boldig's Estes Fat Boy3XC6-51000 feet Broke a fin again. They have all broken at least once. Need to fiberglass this one.
    2010-05-08Bernard Cawley's Estes Fat BoyB6-2- Low, slow first flight. Seemed to eject early. Baffle worked fine. 'Chute was good. Nearby landing...
    2010-05-14Bernard Cawley's Estes Fat BoyC6-3- Tipped over on boost but otherwise good flight. Good 'chute and landing. Again delay seemed a bit...
    2010-05-15Bernard Cawley's Estes Fat BoyD13-4- After failing to light first time, went crazy and spun very fast in the air. No idea why. No...
    2010-05-15Bernard Cawley's Estes Fat BoyC5-3- That's better. Arced a bit north, but a good flight.
    2010-05-15Bernard Cawley's Estes Fat BoyC5-3- Better boost but did deploy a bit early. Need longer delay. Almost landed on one of the launch...
    2010-05-15Bernard Cawley's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Paid off to the north. Eject quite late but 'chute OK. Try D13-4W reload next time.
    2010-06-11Bernard Cawley's Estes Fat BoyB6-2- Arc over. Parawad instead of full 'chute. Only minor scratches on landing, thanks to sandy surface...
    2010-06-12Bernard Cawley's Estes Fat BoyC5-3- Arced west a bit. Good deploy and good 'chute. Drifted back to field. Good landing. No damage.
    2010-07-10Bernard Cawley's Estes Fat BoyC5-3- Nice! Great straight boost. Good deploy and not-too-far landing. One of my best Fat Boy flights.
    2010-07-17Mike Mistele's Estes Fat BoyC6-3-
    2010-08-28Mike Mistele's Estes Fat BoyC6-5- Took off at a strange angle, heading with the wind (which angled it away from the park). Good...
    2010-09-18Bernard Cawley's Estes Fat BoyC5-3- Another great FB flight. Straight boost, good deployment at the right time, nearby landing. Cool.
    2010-11-13Jeff Boldig's Estes Fat Boy3x C6-5800 feet Good flight. All three motors lit. landed without breaking a fin.
    2010-12-11Jeff Boldig's Estes Fat Boy3XC6-5600 feet windcocked and took off up wind. Good deployment and didn't break a fin this time.
    2011-01-01Bernard Cawley's Estes Fat BoyC5-3- Another crowd-pleasing FB flight. Pretty straight. Good deployment at about correct time. Lading a...
    2011-03-26Jeff Boldig's Estes Fat Boy3XC6-5800 feet Delay a little long. Wrapped shroud lines around chute when packing. Chute didn't open until it...
    2011-04-12Mike Atwood's Fat Boyc6-3- Rocket launches for a science class at an elementary school. Rocket had nice flight with...
    2011-05-13Bernard Cawley's Estes Fat BoyC5-3- Typical Fat Boy flight (I think). I took no notes.
    2011-05-21Bernard Cawley's Estes Fat BoyC5-3- In drag race. Nice flight all around. All was as it should be (second flight of the day, not last)
    2012-03-10Hank Helmen's Fat BoyEstes B4-435 feet OH boy , OOPS ! Wrong engine. We had packed a large trash can liner home made parachute to free...
    2012-04-29Hank Helmen's Estes Fat BoyB6-4152 feet Slow boost followed by what seemed like for ever before ejection charge fired. Rocket was pointed...
    2012-04-29Hank Helmen's Estes Fat BoyB6-4142 feet Slow boost due to too many butter cup flowers stuffed in rocket body! Rocket arched over and...

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