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Contributed by Matt Gillard and Chris Fisher  Brief:
Matt. The bull pup D12 is a sports scale rocket. I had one that I flew often and lost it on a roof. With the 2010 challenge asking for a duel review, I dusted off two kits from the build pile. Chris Fisher and I are both members of Midland Rocketry and meet up once a month. So he and I both built the kit.
Chris. First up I must thank Matt for giving me the kit. Of course I know it's just so he can score a few more points.
I loved the blister pack, I think it looks far more exciting than the usual plastic bag and cardboard affair.
Although they kits are the same, they came from different releases.
Matt bullpup is from the explorer series - E7000, in a cardboard box
Chris’s bullpup is from the explorer series – E7000, in a blister pack.
Construction:
The parts for the kit consist of:
- Body tube.
- Engine spacer.
- Engine mount tube.
- Launch lug.
- Green engine block.
- Centering rings.
- Die cut balsa sheet.
- Elastic shock cord.
- Plastic tail cone.
- Plastic nose cone.
- 12 inch pre assembled parachute.
- 2 pieces of clay weight.
- Decal sheet.
Matt’s comments on the parts:
The parachute on the instructions in the make it yourself type, with shroud lines, disks and parasheet, mine was the better pre assembled type.
The decal sheet is a peel and stick - I'm pretty sure that the last bullpup I built about 7 years ago had waterslide.
 The die cut balsa sheet was not the best quality.
The centering ring sheet is warped, I had to ironed them flat.
The shock cord is far too short, but Estes kits always have too short shock cords.
Chris’s comments on the parts:
Parachute was I think pre-built - didn't pay much attention as always for me. I've a bunch of nice rip-stop nylon chutes and streamers in various sizes on snap swivels, so I just use one of those as appropriate.
I've not put the decals on my rocket yet, but they are peel and stick. Not sure what I prefer, at least I can usually get the peel and stick ones on the rocket in the right place and intact, but they never look as good as water-slide ones.
Centering rings were fine in my kit. Agree with Matt’s comment about the balsa, it was pretty awful, felt very soft.
Matt’s motor mount:
This rocket does not come with an engine hook, which I would have omitted even if there was one as I think it would ruin the look of the rocket.
One of the two rings supplied has a notch removed, where the engine hook could move, this will be for the top of the motor mount as I can then thread a steel leader onto the center of the mount.
White glue was used to glue the rings and engine block into place.
A steel fishing leader has been added to the mount, taped and glued in. I’m increasing using steel fishing leaders instead of tri fold paper anchors, or Kevlar loops. I find that they hold up to ejection charges much better, I have had Kevlar burn through in the past.
Chris’s motor mount:
I opted for a simple loop of Kevlar round the top centering ring on the motor mount, with loads of glue. I realised too late that I had attached the ring with the slot to the wrong end of the mount (doh!), so simply cut a new notch on the edge and pushed the Kevlar through that.
Matt’s tail cone:
The tail cone has to be cut from a plastic part. I remember this being a bit difficult last time, but since then I have purchased a razor saw, so the cutting was much smoother. The ends were then sanded down on sand paper.
 
The motor mount was been glued into position, with the boat tail slipped over later. There is a seam where the boat tail and the BT join, it's not much but I’ve coated the seam and most of the rear with model filler, which sands down smooth. As I’ve used a fresh tube, the filler came out a bit watery, so I had to sand and refill to remove all trace of the transition.
 
Chris’s tail cone:
I'm useless at cutting these kind of things usually, but I'm quite pleased with how this one come out. Very cunning use, of what looks like a transition designed for another rocket and reused as the tail cone for this.
Matt’s fins:
 I decided to leave the leading and trailing edges square. I used sticky backed paper to laminate the fins. Not that the fins needed to be laminated for strength, but paper lamination does completely remove any sign of grain. To stop the paper from delaminating I coated the edges with thin CA glue. I used CA gel to tack the fins in place, and then added three fillets of wood glue over a day.
Front fins have been added using the TLAR (that looks about right) method. Normally with split fins I use two rulers and clamps to align them properly, but given the size of the forward fins I did not bother. I then added beads of white glue to all edges, as well as adding two fillets to the joins.
Chris’s fins:
I was feeling lazy and the fins are so small, that all I did was sand them down a bit, no filler, no paper, no rounding. I did find that the canard fins were so tiny, that they simply stuck to any glue on your fingers rather than the rocket. So I now have 5 fingers and 2 fins on each hand.
Matt’s rest of the build:
 Launch lug had its ends trimmed at an angle to reduce drag. Like the fins it was CA tacked and wood glue filleted.
Clay worms were put in the nose cone. I opened up the base of the nose cone so I could use a rod to stamp the clay into the top of the cone. Coated the inside of the top of the BT with CA to strengthen that up a tad. Added a length of elastic to the leader, used three foot of sewing elastic.
Chris’s rest of the build:
Didn't know the trick with trimming the launch lug, will do that next build.
Finishing:
Matt.
 Finishing the bullpup is every simple. The entire rocket has to be white; so the normal few coats of primer and then white spray paint went on the rocket. Next came the decals, and this is where I really have to lower the grade for this kit. The stickers are the peel and stick type, which really do spoil the look of the rocket. The first bullpup I built years ago had the waterslide type decals and the model was far better looking then.
 Chris
Mine just had the usual primer and white gloss. Looks pretty good, and will look great once the decals are on.
Construction Rating: 4 out of 5
Flight:
Matt’s flight comment:
Having flown the previous bullpup several times, I know the rocket to be a good performer. There is plenty of room in the BT for the recovery parachute, and like all Estes kits the supplied elastic shock cord is far too short and needs to be added to by at least 2 foot. On C6 flights the supplied 12 inch parachute can give the rocket a lot of drift. I sensibly went for an A8-3. I like to build up the power on successive flights. My bullpup flew well on the A8, but in my normal luck, managed to land in a water ditch. No damage other than a muddle rocket.
Chris’s flight comment:
Matt really is a great big girl, putting an A8 in his. Of course I had the bravado of essentially having a free rocket, so stuck a C6-5 in mine. Flew really well in a drag race with Matt's. His was first off the pad, but mine obviously streaked away faster. Courtesy of some slack prep, I had failed to actually attach the snap swivel from the chute to the rocket, so had to rely on tumble recovery. Luckily our flying field is quite soft usually, and no damage was done.
Recovery:
Flight Rating: 5 out of 5
Summary:
Matt: A good rocket, good enough that when I lost my first, I went out and got another. Not a perfect scale rocket but still has a good look to it and it performs well.
Chris: I actually like this way more than I expected, so much so that the larger PML variants are looming large in my future shopping list. And it looks like it will be a good flyer.
Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 Flight Log| Date | Rocket Name | Motor(s) | Altitude | Notes |
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| 1969-12-31 | Howard Jackman's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C11-5 | - | 2nd flight of Bullpup, 1st use of C11 motor, perfect flight, straight up and very high ~1,000ft... | | 1969-12-31 | Howard Jackman's Estes Bull Pup 12D | D12-7 | - | Notes First flight on a D12-7 minor rod whip, 1/4 mile walk to recover, very high, very fast! | | 1999-05-22 | Eric Miller's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-2 | - | Perfect day, very little wind and hot. No problem at all with this launch, nice high straight... | | 2000-01-08 | Casey Smith's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-7 | - | Great engine for this little work horse. This kit must have flown 30 times. It is tough and flies... | | 2000-01-29 | David Fergus's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | curvy ballistic flight, ejection 50 ft above ground | | 2000-03-04 | David Fergus's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-2 | - | straight flight, still no explanation for first ballistic flight. Fins crunched in car on way... | | 2000-04-17 | Ron Cooke's Estes Bull Pup 12D | A8-3 | - | good flight | | 2000-05-12 | Casey Smith's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-7 | - | Good boost, nice long delay, good deployment, landed 50 feet away. | | 2000-05-12 | Casey Smith's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Boy, this one really goes well, straight boost, good deploy. | | 2000-05-22 | John Busacca's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Good liftoff,after engine burnout engine fell out causing rocket to to pitch down and on to the... | | 2000-11-05 | Randy Powell's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | rocket boosted straightup,not real high,but still a good flight | | 2000-11-05 | Casey Smith's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Nice boost in the crappy weather. Short walk for recovery, just missed large mud puddle | | 2000-12-30 | Casey Smith's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | took off the streamer for a chute, good deploy, nice out of sight flights! recovery about 300 feet... | | 2000-12-30 | Casey Smith's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-3 | - | great boost again on the C6-3. Nice and calm, no drift, about 200 feet from pad. | | 2000-12-31 | Casey Smith's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-7 | - | Nice flight, loooong delay, another old motor from the 80's. Worked just fine! | | 2000-12-31 | Casey Smith's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Using up the last of the $1 clearance motors Target had from SW episode 1 last year. They still... | | 2000-12-31 | Casey Smith's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C5-3 | - | Boy this baby boogies on this motor! I wish they had a longer delay! It almost kept going right... | | 2000-12-31 | Casey Smith's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B8-4 | - | old motor, hoped it would not blow up! great boost, low height, around 600 feet, wish it would be... | | 2001-01-13 | Ron Tribull's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | This is a great rocket. Flies high & straight. Always use a streamer for any engines above a 'B'.... | | 2001-03-30 | Casey Smith's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Great flight again for this kit. Nice landing about 100 feet away. Paint is starting to chip off... | | 2001-04-13 | Casey Smith's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-7 | - | Nice flight, long delay, a little weathercocking. short walk. | | 2001-04-13 | Casey Smith's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Good quick boost, nice performer. Good short recovery with a streamer. | | 2001-04-21 | William Frazier's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | | | 2001-04-21 | William Frazier's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Ejection charged burned chute, no damage thanks to tall grass. | | 2001-04-21 | William Frazier's Estes Bull Pup 12D | A8-3 | - | Perfect. | | 2001-04-24 | Randy Powell's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | | | 2001-05-05 | Casey Smith's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Another great boost, had it angled just right, streamer worked well, short walk for recovery! | | 2001-05-10 | Randy Powell's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | weather-cocked real bad...slight fin damage | | 2001-05-23 | William Frazier's Estes Bull Pup 12D | D21-7 | - | Wow, very fast. never recovered but flight was worth it. | | 2001-07-07 | Dustin Messner's Estes Bull Pup 12D | D13-7 | - | Perfect flight, Recovery with 16 inch parachute, had to add weight to the nose cone | | 2001-09-29 | David Fergus's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-3 | - | | | 2001-10-20 | Mark Patoka's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Perfect flight and delay time. | | 2001-10-20 | Mark Patoka's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Nice and straight | | 2002-01-08 | Jason Vennard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | A8-3 | - | First flight, good straight flight and good recovery. | | 2002-01-11 | Jason Vennard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-7 | - | Great, straight boost, quick, good chute deployment and recovery. | | 2002-01-11 | Jason Vennard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Good flight and recovery, no problems, very straight boost. | | 2002-01-17 | Jason Vennard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-7 | - | Good consistent flyer, straight boost, no problems, good chute deployment and recovery. | | 2002-01-17 | Jason Vennard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Good consistent flyer, straight boost, no problems, good chute deployment and recovery. | | 2002-03-20 | Jason Vennard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | High winds, 15+mph, still very straight boost, good chute deployment, and recovery, no problems. | | 2002-06-16 | Jason Vennard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | 2nd Bullpup in our current fleet, maiden flight. A good straight and quick boost, impressive for a... | | 2002-07-19 | Jason Vennard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Bullpup2, Another good quick straight flight, one of the most consistent kids in our fleet. 12... | | 2002-08-22 | Ken Alger's Estes Bull Pup 12D | A8-3 | - | | | 2002-08-22 | Ken Alger's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Estes shock cord broke and I replaced it with kevlar to elastic combo cord. | | 2003-01-04 | Stephen Corban's Estes Bull Pup 12D | A8-3 | - | Estes Parachute failed to open, no damage | | 2003-02-22 | Will Scarvie's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | The winds had let up some, so I tried a more powerful motor. Ejection significantly after apogee,... | | 2003-02-22 | Will Scarvie's Estes Bull Pup 12D | A8-3 | - | Maiden flight. Low altitude, slight weathercocking into the wind and a good bit of drift on the... | | 2003-04-06 | Kevin Coulson's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Excellent first flight, straight as. Attained 180m alt aprox on B6-4Recovered on 12 chute (cut to... | | 2003-04-06 | Kevin Coulson's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Excellent first flight, straight as. Attained 180m alt aprox on B6-4Recovered on 12 chute (cut to... | | 2003-04-13 | Matt Vennard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Quick little rocket on a B. Straight off the pad, and looked great all the way down. Found small... | | 2003-06-30 | Jon Revelle's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | Took off OK. Nose and chute separated from BT. Lost. Called ESTES and got new parts. Ready to... | | 2003-07-01 | Matt Vennard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Good flight..zipped right off the pad straight up, ejection just right, and recovered with no... | | 2003-08-01 | Sam Eichelberger's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-6 | - | Best flight of a bad lot at a school sponsored program. Others that were flown were constructed... | | 2003-09-13 | Bill Eichelberger's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Never would have found it, but a sharp eyed club member saw it just before it landed in some... | | 2003-12-05 | Mike Kiss's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-3 | - | Went straight up about 100ft. made hard 90 degree turn towards woods, came down deep in woods,... | | 2003-12-05 | Mike Kiss's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | slightly unstable boost (wiggled) to about 400ft. good recovery about 50ft. from pad, no damage | | 2003-12-25 | Jon Revelle's Estes Bull Pup 12D | A8-3 | - | Now there's a reason to put the clay in the NC. Twisted all over the place on takeoff. Crashed.... | | 2003-12-30 | Jon Revelle's Estes Bull Pup 12D | A8-3 | - | When it launched, it took the launch rod with it about 50 feet. Launch lug broken, lawndarted... | | 2004-01-13 | Jeff Inman's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | 3 launches. Variable winds made me use a longer delay than I would prefer. First flight had a bit... | | 2004-01-24 | Kyle Hancock's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-3 | - | Good flight. | | 2004-02-14 | Roy Lappalainen's Estes Bull Pup 12D | A8-3 | - | First rocket launch after 34 years. Straight flight with good deployment of parachute. Landed 100... | | 2004-02-14 | Kyle Hancock's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-3 | - | | | 2004-04-24 | Kyle Hancock's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-3 | - | | | 2004-05-16 | Kyle Hancock's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | | | 2004-05-22 | Jason Vennard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | As usual a great flier, nice and quick, straight boost, good deployment and recovered fine under... | | 2004-06-04 | Rob Bullough's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | 1st launch of 1st rocket built since 1976. Launch slightly into wind, turned horizontal into wind.... | | 2004-06-12 | Rob Bullough's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | 06/12 flight 3. Again, slight wind adj. Straight flight. Motor intact. No damage. Recovered 175... | | 2004-06-20 | Mark Patoka's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Very nice, high flight. Used a large chute with center cut out but still drifted. Landed on top of... | | 2004-06-20 | Mark Patoka's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | First flight of the day. Straight up and perfect. | | 2004-07-18 | Kyle Hancock's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | | | 2004-07-25 | Andrew Grippo's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Nice flight and good recovery with no damage | | 2004-08-05 | Andrew Grippo's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Very good flight with good altitude, good recovery, no damage | | 2004-09-05 | Bill Eichelberger's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Slight wobble as it left the rod, but quickly straightened for a perfect flight and recovery. | | 2004-09-25 | Andrew Grippo's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-2 | - | Stable flight and good recovery with no damage | | 2004-10-02 | Ken Davis's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Nice straight climb, hit apogee and started tipping over when the chute popped out. Nice recovery... | | 2004-10-16 | Will Roberds's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Straight shot. Drifted to a rooftop 500 ft. away. Later recovered to see chute damaged from... | | 2004-10-16 | Will Roberds's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Straight again. Recoverd from roof of house. Chute Damage from ejection charge. | | 2004-10-16 | Will Roberds's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | 300 feet | Flew straight and true.Recovered with slight paint damaged to upper part of BT. | | 2004-10-16 | Will Roberds's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | 500 feet | Flew straight and true. Ejection charge damaged Chute, didn't deploy properly. Recovered with... | | 2004-11-06 | Will Roberds's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Good flight here, good deployment. Still landed on another roof top. Got alot of drift with the... | | 2004-12-02 | Jason Lenentine's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Ejection seemed really strong. When I caught the rocket, a fin had been ripped off. It flew... | | 2004-12-18 | Michael Bernatchez's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | first flight, dad broke a fin | | 2004-12-18 | Glenn Weiss's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | Perfect first flight on this rocket, the B4-4 is a great match for it, landed about 20 ft from the... | | 2004-12-22 | Ramon Olivas's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Straight up, all normal...landed in river, no damage but needs to dry out. | | 2004-12-22 | Ramon Olivas's Estes Bull Pup 12D | A8-3 | - | Maiden flight, way underpowered and finished fast. Parachute deployed 65' off ground. I forgot to... | | 2004-12-24 | Jacqui Baxter's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Weathercocked at lift-off...shock cord detached from body, came down in two pieces. Engine mount... | | 2004-12-25 | Jacqui Baxter's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Jimmy-rigged a engine mount with tape and an old body tube. Went straight for 300' then flew... | | 2004-12-28 | Jon Revelle's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Landed it tree. Got back few days later, but badly damaged. Motor mount trashed, decals peeling,... | | 2005-02-12 | Roy Lappalainen's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Too Windy to go with the C6-5, a lot of drift with just a 12 chute. | | 2005-04-17 | Bob Harrington's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Another perfect flight in ideal conditions. | | 2005-05-04 | Donald Laskey's Estes Bull Pup 12D | A8-3 | - | | | 2005-05-14 | Bob Harrington's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Beautiful flight on near perfect day. Short walk for recovery | | 2005-05-21 | Glenn Weiss's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | | | 2005-06-25 | Glenn Weiss's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | | | 2005-07-23 | Bob Harrington's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Pushed my luck in the strong breeze and rocket drifted into the swamp | | 2005-07-30 | Glenn Weiss's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | | | 2005-08-06 | Jason Lenentine's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | Perfect flight. | | 2005-08-06 | Jason Lenentine's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | Perfect flight. | | 2005-08-20 | Jason Lenentine's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-2 | - | Perfect flight. Recovered close to pad. | | 2005-08-27 | Glenn Weiss's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | Shock cord snapped but no damage to rocket. | | 2005-08-28 | Brad Bowles's Estes Bull Pup 12D | A8-3 | - | FF-A83 motor. Fairly straight low level flight. Ejected too soon. The shock cord is too short, the... | | 2005-09-18 | William Beggs's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Great flight and recovery. | | 2005-11-03 | Andrew Grippo's Estes Bull Pup 12D | A8-3 | - | Low and slow flight with good deployment of chute. Recovery near pad without damage. | | 2006-05-13 | Mal McClenaghan's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Shakedown flight. Altitrack showed 160 metres. Nice flight on 30cm chute. | | 2006-06-30 | Matt Gillard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-2 | - | straight flight. good recovery | | 2006-06-30 | Matt Gillard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | fast flight, good hieght, decent landing | | 2006-07-29 | Glenn Weiss's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | Nice quick boost off the pad, good recovery. | | 2006-08-12 | Ed Scientist's Estes Bull Pup 12D | A8-3 | - | WONDERFUL. Great first flight. Really straight flight went much higher than I thought. Ten inch... | | 2006-08-22 | Clive Davis's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Maiden flight. Picture perfect with nice, gentle recovery. | | 2006-08-26 | Mal McClenaghan's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Very nice flight, straight boost, perfect recovery. | | 2006-09-28 | Matt Gillard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | good clean flight. | | 2006-11-19 | Ash Cooper's Estes Bull Pup 12D | A8-3 | - | First flight, and apart from a slight arc in trajectory, flew extremely well. Ejection just past... | | 2006-11-25 | Glenn Weiss's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | | | 2006-12-23 | Bill Poster's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-3 | - | | | 2006-12-30 | Glenn Weiss's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | | | 2007-01-02 | Matt Gillard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | great flight. | | 2007-02-04 | Ash Cooper's Estes Bull Pup 12D | A8-3 | 121 feet | OK flight, arced slightly off the pad about, windcocked slightly into a E-NE wind. Ejection and... | | 2007-02-04 | Ash Cooper's Estes Bull Pup 12D | A8-3 | - | Another good flight, arced again into E-NE wind, gained slightly better flight due to drop in wind... | | 2007-02-20 | Matt Gillard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | good flight | | 2007-02-20 | Matt Gillard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | good | | 2007-03-31 | Glenn Weiss's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | Nice straight boost and gentle recovery just like always! | | 2007-04-28 | Ron Wirth's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | Tangled Chute - No damage | | 2007-04-28 | Andrew Grippo's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Good flight, good motor / delay combo. Good recovery. | | 2007-06-02 | Dwayne Shmel's Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Perfect maiden flight | | 2007-06-17 | Mal McClenaghan's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | -Very- high flight with a long drift, despite the spill hole in the 30cm Hartle parachute.... | | 2007-06-21 | Dwayne Shmel's Bull Pup 12D | B4-6 | - | B6-4 would have been better choice, but the long coast was nice. | | 2007-06-22 | Richie Brunjes's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Long Walk | | 2007-06-22 | Glenn Weiss's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | Good flight but VERY windy conditions made for a long recovery walk! | | 2007-06-30 | Glenn Weiss's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | Some weathercocking didn't detract from an otherwise good flight. | | 2007-07-21 | Dwayne Shmel's Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Nice flight on MRC motor. | | 2007-07-28 | Glenn Weiss's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | Good flight, no problems. | | 2007-08-19 | Chris Gonnerman's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | This was its first flight, and it was a nice one, with a perfect deployment and recovery. | | 2007-09-01 | William Beggs's Estes Bull Pup 12D | A8-3 | - | Perfect flight and recovery. | | 2007-09-30 | Glenn Weiss's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | Slight weathercocking but otherwise very nice flight as usual from this bird | | 2007-11-21 | Charlaine+Cadence Nordin's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | shock cord flew off at apogee. nose cone landed on highway was bearly but safly recovered.... | | 2007-11-21 | Charlaine+Cadence Nordin's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | great flight. glad I use snap swives on this one. she spun so baddly as she came down she would... | | 2008-03-07 | Jason Speakman's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | 1500 feet | This is the engine for this rocket! Zoomed off the pad, great height, drifted about 300 yards even... | | 2008-03-07 | Jason Speakman's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | 350 feet | One more perfect flight. Impressively fast. Came down great, 100 ft. from pad. | | 2008-03-07 | Jason Speakman's Estes Bull Pup 12D | A8-3 | 150 feet | First flight, Perfect. Landed 10 ft. from pad | | 2008-05-11 | Phil Hewitt's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Great flight, perfect parachute size, recovered no damage (Midland Rocketry - UK - May 08) | | 2008-05-11 | Phil Hewitt's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Great flight again, recovered no damage (Midland Rocketry - UK - May 08) | | 2008-06-01 | Glenn Weiss's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | Despite a hard landing on asphalt, not a scratch on it. | | 2008-06-21 | Glenn Weiss's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | Landed right next to the LCO Table, perfect | | 2008-06-21 | Dwayne Shmel's Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Great flight | | 2008-06-28 | Glenn Weiss's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | | | 2008-08-23 | Glenn Weiss's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | Typically nice and reliable flight as we have come to expect from the Bullpup! | | 2008-08-23 | Dwayne Shmel's Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Great flight. | | 2008-09-27 | Dwayne Shmel's Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | | | 2008-09-29 | Matt Gillard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | great flight - quite alot of drift for a 12 inch chute with a large spill hole. | | 2008-09-29 | Matt Gillard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-6 | - | good flight. | | 2008-10-26 | Glenn Weiss's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | Nice arc on this flight of the Pup | | 2008-10-29 | Mark Grisco's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | pointed slightly into wind, arc looked cool. | | 2008-10-29 | Mark Grisco's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | looks cool on the pad and scoots on a C. it went straight up and then drifted about 1/4 mile. | | 2008-12-14 | Donald Besaw's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Got this on clearance at Wal-Mart. Great first flight and recovery. No damage. | | 2008-12-21 | Donald Besaw's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Excellent flight. Nice straight boost to maybe 700 feet. Short to moderate drift. No damage. | | 2009-01-18 | Kyle Hancock's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | | | 2009-01-18 | Kyle Hancock's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-3 | - | | | 2009-02-16 | Matt Gillard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | A8-3 | - | good flight | 2009-02-21  | Matt Gillard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-6 | - | using up some B6-6s so delay was always going to be late, another fast boost | | 2009-03-07 | Matt Gillard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | A8-3 | - | good flight, shock cord snapped, no damage. will go for a Kevlar repair. | | 2009-03-28 | Dwayne Shmel's Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | Perfect flight. | | 2009-08-16 | Glenn Weiss's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | Nominal flight, no problems | | 2009-09-13 | Howard Smart's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | | | 2009-09-28 | Matt Gillard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | another good flight | | 2009-09-28 | Matt Gillard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | high arching flight, drifted onto roof, even though it was on a streamer. | | 2009-10-10 | Mark Grisco's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | major weathercock, flew horizontal into wind!! looked cool. no damage | | 2009-10-10 | David Sindel's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Arced over a bit due to the wind. Used a 6 parachute to keep it on the field. | | 2009-11-21 | Dwayne Shmel's Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Good Flight. | | 2010-03-18 | Preston Hoover's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Launch was great with a straight up shot. Flew like the missle it is and chute popped at the... | | 2010-03-20 | Glenn Weiss's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | Nominal flight | | 2010-03-27 | Howard Smart's Estes Bull Pup 12D | D13-7 | - | Nose cone separation. Nose cone and chute not recovered | | 2010-03-31 | Preston Hoover's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-5 | - | Awsome. Awsome, Awsome. Flew perfect. Wind acarried it about a football fiel down wind but it... | | 2010-04-01 | Preston Hoover's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-7 | - | Went up perfect. Saw the parachute deploy. The an upper layer breeze caught it and we saw it go... | | 2010-05-09 | Matt Gillard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | A8-3 | - | first flight for the newly built rocket. A8-3 is not enough. she was heading down from not much... | | 2010-05-09 | Matt Gillard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Better second flight, needed less wadding as the parachute was still wet from the earlier water... | | 2010-05-23 | Dwayne Shmel's Bull Pup 12D | B4-4 | - | Great Flight. | | 2010-06-22 | David Sindel's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-3 | - | Carrying payload capsule with test timer. Nice flight. | | 2011-04-24 | Matt Gillard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | good flight | | 2011-07-23 | Glenn Weiss's Estes Bull Pup 12D | C6-3 | - | Great high boost, but cord snapped at ejection. Nose cone sailed away on chute to parts unknown,... | | 2011-10-09 | Matt Gillard's Estes Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | won a drag race, but popped a fin on landing. | | 2011-11-20 | Kurt Knox's Bull Pup 12D | B6-4 | - | Good flight with a nice slow roll. |
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Got at Walmart for $9.99. Good Kit. It's a little tough to align for a beginner. A lot of people tore those little forward fins off because they make it unstable, but mine flies great. Straight as an arrow. However, I also added extra nose weight to be on the safe side. I made exactly according to instructions and painting according to box and it turned out rather nicely. Looks really nice a great sport scale kit I used this at NARAM-40 when I could not use my blackbird.
A.G. (November 1, 2000)