| 1969-12-31 | Dick Stafford's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | I have flown this model many many many times, but this is my first recorded flight. It is the... |
| 1998-09-01 | Dick Stafford's Estes Snitch | C6-5 | - | I have used engines with ejection charges several times. Flight profile is about the same as for... |
| 1999-04-18 | Bob Kaplow's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | |
| 1999-04-21 | Eric Miller's Estes Snitch | B6-2 | - | This rocket is supposed to fly on an engine with no ejection charge. It is a Ready to Fly (:p) but... |
| 1999-05-30 | Bob Kaplow's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | |
| 1999-08-07 | Bob Kaplow's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | cork blew closure 1 leg lost |
| 1999-09-18 | Dick Stafford's Estes Snitch | C6-5 | - | The engine ejection again jolted the saucer hard but it came down in weeds without breaking. I now... |
| 1999-09-18 | Dick Stafford's Estes Snitch | D12-0/C6-0 | - | This is my 1st try at CHAD staging. I forced the D12 onto the end of the C6 (~1/8-1/4)and secured... |
| 2000-01-01 | MikeyR's Estes Snitch | C6-3 | - | Nice wobbly boost. Lost a leg (found) on landing. |
| 2000-01-07 | MikeyR's Estes Snitch | C6-3 | - | Nice wobbly boost. Lost leg and found again. |
| 2000-04-15 | Scott Patterson's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Went up - turned over and landed on table next to our flight announcer. Applause from crowd :-) |
| 2000-04-22 | David Fergus's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | good flight to about 150 ft. |
| 2000-04-22 | David Fergus's Estes Snitch | B6-4 | - | wanted to see if the delay caused any problem; it did but I can't remember what it was other then... |
| 2000-04-29 | David Fergus's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | good flight |
| 2000-05-21 | David Fergus's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | |
| 2000-07-22 | David Fergus's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | |
| 2000-07-23 | Mark VanArsdall's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | |
| 2000-08-06 | Jeff Howard's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | Notes: perfect as always |
| 2000-08-26 | David Fergus's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | one of 8 saucers in a simultaneous launch at the MASA 2nd annual Great UFO launch (see picture at... |
| 2000-10-22 | Steve Smith's Estes Snitch | C6-7 | - | The ejection charge fired right after the saucer landed on the damp grass, giving a landing... |
| 2000-11-05 | Donald Besaw's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Nice flight, It's amazing how much fun you can have with this rocket |
| 2001-03-07 | MikeyR's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | Nice, wobbly flight. |
| 2001-03-07 | MikeyR's Estes Snitch | C6-5 | - | Again, nice and wobbly. |
| 2001-03-10 | David Logan's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Another perfect flight, landed 10 ft from pad. |
| 2001-05-20 | Donald Besaw's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Removed the legs before flight. Flew just fine without them. |
| 2001-05-26 | Jeff Howard's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Always a crowd pleaser ....... |
| 2001-05-27 | Jeff Howard's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | |
| 2001-06-02 | Nicole Axtell's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Still think I like it. |
| 2001-06-10 | Nicole Axtell's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | |
| 2001-07-04 | Diane Kirkland's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | 7 deg angle with the wind. Recovery 20 yards from the pad. |
| 2001-07-28 | Nicole Axtell's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | Nice Flight, but low on the B engine. |
| 2001-08-25 | David Fergus's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | launched as part of the Minnesota Amateur Spacemodeler Association (MASA) 2nd annual great UFO... |
| 2001-09-29 | David Fergus's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | |
| 2001-11-10 | David Logan's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | |
| 2001-11-17 | John Arthur's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Perfect, as always. |
| 2002-03-20 | Tim Burger's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | Nominal. |
| 2002-05-27 | Ken Kirkland's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | 1st launch of the year. Touchdown 10 yards from the pad. |
| 2002-07-20 | David Fergus's Estes Snitch | C6-5 | - | |
| 2002-09-07 | Tim Burger's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Nominal flight. |
| 2002-09-13 | Donald Besaw's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Nice flight. Landed about 3 feet away from me. |
| 2003-11-22 | David Logan's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Typical saucer flight. |
| 2004-01-20 | MikeyR's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | The burning propellent shot 30-40 feet in to the air. Broke off the retainer ring for the motor,... |
| 2004-03-19 | EMRR's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | A repeat flight and trying to get pictures. Up, flip and down. Very stable and really slow on the... |
| 2004-04-17 | Darwin May's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Came down hard and fast, acts like a big chute. Broke one of the landing thingies, may fly again... |
| 2004-04-17 | Darwin May's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | Nice first flight, significant weathercocking |
2004-05-27  | EMRR's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Drag race with the Quest UFO. Quest got faster start but the Snitch passed it and went higer. |
| 2004-06-06 | Dick Stafford's Estes Snitch | C11-0 | - | stopped dead in its tracks at BO; D12-0 staged to a C0-0 (required for CHAD) |
| 2004-06-06 | Dick Stafford's Estes Snitch | D12-0 | - | cool flight; D12-0 staged to a C0-0 (required for CHAD) |
| 2004-06-27 | David Logan's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | |
| 2004-07-02 | Frank DiMatteo's Estes Snitch | B6-6 | - | Good flight except it almost hit me and the ejection charge fired and almost got me. |
| 2004-07-10 | Dick Stafford's Estes Snitch | D12-0 | - | great flight (D12 staged to a C0-0) |
| 2004-08-14 | Dick Stafford's Estes Snitch | D12-0 | - | CHAD to a C0-0 |
| 2004-09-28 | Sam Hughes's Estes Snitch | C11-0/B6-6 | - | the engins blow up in mid air very cool. |
| 2004-10-16 | Geoffrey Kerbel's Estes Snitch | B6-2 | - | Hey, this thing is fun! Kind of low flight but it all worked fine. This thing is great for school... |
| 2004-10-16 | Geoffrey Kerbel's Estes Snitch | C6-3 | - | Much better height with a C engine! Flips over and then the ejection goes off. Almost stuck the... |
| 2004-10-16 | Geoffrey Kerbel's Estes Snitch | C6-3 | - | Third flight of the day. Same as the others. Spectators are requesting this one again and again. |
| 2004-10-16 | Geoffrey Kerbel's Estes Snitch | C6-3 | - | Ok, this is the fourth flight, same again! |
| 2004-10-16 | Geoffrey Kerbel's Estes Snitch | C6-3 | - | Fifth flight today! Same ol,same ol. |
| 2004-11-26 | Geoffrey Kerbel's Estes Snitch | C6-3 | - | Good flight but broke a landing wire this time. Will be tricky to repair. Main body is showing... |
| 2005-02-05 | Alan Tuskes's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Second flight of the day for this one. Typical, fun flying saucer flight. Landed less than 20 feet... |
| 2005-02-05 | Alan Tuskes's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Third flight of the day for this one. Engine tube area starting to get pretty warped from engine... |
| 2005-02-05 | Alan Tuskes's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Daughter's favorite rockets.I've learned to love flying saucers. Body tube is starting to get a... |
| 2005-05-21 | Alan Tuskes's Estes Snitch | C6-3 | - | My daughter's favorite rocket. Another enjoyable flight with a short walk for recovery. Gotta try... |
| 2005-05-21 | Alan Tuskes's Estes Snitch | D15-0 | - | Left the delay and ejection charge out of this engine. Great, loud, fast flight. One of the other... |
| 2005-05-29 | EMRR's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Good flight. |
| 2005-06-26 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | straight up, flips and lands- a bit boring really. |
| 2005-07-02 | Alan Tuskes's Estes Snitch | C6-3 | - | Ran out of booster motors, so I used a C6-3. Another great flight on my daughter's favorite rocket. |
| 2005-07-02 | Alan Tuskes's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | My daughter asked for it, she got it. Extremely straight flight in a respectable breeze, but still... |
| 2005-07-09 | Geoffrey Kerbel's Estes Snitch | C5-3 | - | This is a great engine for this one! Really good height with just a bit short on the delay.... |
| 2005-08-13 | Geoffrey Kerbel's Estes Snitch | C5-3 | - | I like this engine. Not quite as high this time, felt a little tight on the rod. Stuck the landing! |
| 2005-09-04 | James Reyome's Estes Snitch | B6-4 | - | One of those things we just had to have, a flying saucer. The Snitch flew great and landed soft,... |
| 2005-10-18 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | B4-2 | - | did not have a 0 second delay, 2 seconds worked well, nice flip and a hardish landing. no damage |
| 2005-10-22 | James Reyome's Estes Snitch | C6-3 | - | Perfect flight for what is now our favorite wind checker. |
| 2006-01-08 | Alan Tuskes's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | My daughter's favorite rocket. Very good flight to somewhere around 100 feet (maybe) Don't have... |
| 2006-05-13 | Geoffrey Kerbel's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | Open spot landing contest. Dang, had the range just right but it took off at an angle and was off... |
| 2006-05-13 | Geoffrey Kerbel's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | Test flight for open spot landing contest. Good height and range. |
| 2006-06-29 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | good flight |
| 2006-07-01 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | perfect |
| 2006-07-03 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | good. |
| 2006-07-04 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | up down |
| 2006-09-08 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | up, down, fine. |
| 2006-09-09 | Al Gloer's Estes Snitch | D24-0 | - | OK, this was just about as much as you can stuff in a snitch! |
| 2006-10-07 | Cliff Oliver's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | |
| 2006-11-06 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | C6-6 | - | straight boost,landed 5 foot from pad |
| 2006-11-09 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | always a great flight |
| 2006-11-09 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | great |
| 2006-11-17 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | strong winds, still performed well |
| 2006-11-23 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | C6-P | - | ejection charge damaged rear clip -will probably fix, might use this as a starting point for a new... |
| 2007-01-02 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | great flight |
| 2007-02-03 | Cliff Oliver's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | |
| 2007-03-25 | Mal McClenaghan's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Last flight of the day (at dusk). Beautiful! |
| 2007-03-25 | Mal McClenaghan's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Great windy day rocket! |
| 2007-03-25 | Mal McClenaghan's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Another classic Snitch flight. |
| 2007-04-01 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | low flight |
| 2007-04-01 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | good flight |
| 2007-04-02 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | good |
| 2007-04-02 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | D12-0 | - | chad staged to an empty 18mm motor, another great flight- D12 is the way to fly the snitch |
| 2007-04-02 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | D12-0/B6-0 | - | first time chad staging- works very well with the snitch, really good flight, give it a go! |
| 2007-04-14 | Geoffrey Kerbel's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Second flight same as first!! Broke again! OK, no more of this!!! Will repair. |
| 2007-04-14 | Geoffrey Kerbel's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Night launch with small strobes on each landing leg. Good boost but came down too fast with extra... |
| 2007-05-06 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | D12-0/B6-0 | - | fantastic flight |
| 2007-06-17 | Mal McClenaghan's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Always good. |
| 2007-06-17 | Catesby Wolski's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Great flight! |
| 2007-07-15 | John Lee's Estes Snitch | C6-5 | - | First Flight. Kids loved it |
| 2007-07-17 | John Lee's Estes Snitch | D21-7 | - | Bought as a prebuilt for the kids; they loved it on the small booster motors and I decided to try... |
| 2007-07-21 | Dwayne Shmel's Snitch | C6-0 | - | As Alan said: nice waste of a C motor. Actually it was a fun flight. One of the springs came off... |
| 2007-07-29 | Bill Poster's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | |
| 2007-07-29 | Dwayne Shmel's Snitch | D12-0/C6-5 | - | Nice flight in the church field. |
| 2007-08-01 | John Lee's Estes Snitch | D21-7 | - | I just get a kick out of watching this thing scream off the pad, invert and come in for a landing. |
| 2007-08-19 | Catesby Wolski's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Great flight - I love to watch this rocket fly! |
| 2007-08-25 | Dwayne Shmel's Snitch | C6-3 | - | UFO drag race. Nice flight. |
| 2007-09-08 | John Lee's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | This was more impressive than one would suppose. Everyone got a good look. |
| 2007-10-06 | Cliff Oliver's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Mass Launch |
| 2007-11-18 | Catesby Wolski's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Great flight! |
| 2007-12-16 | John Lee's Estes Snitch | C6-5 | - | Another one for the kids. |
| 2008-05-18 | James Bishop's Estes Snitch | C6-5 | - | Good flight, landed 15 metres from pad. |
| 2008-05-31 | Scott Smith's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | |
| 2008-05-31 | Scott Smith's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Fun Rocket, no worries even with high winds. |
| 2008-05-31 | Scott Smith's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Even with 10+ winds the Snitch landed 15ft from launch site. |
| 2008-06-01 | Bob Harrington's Estes Snitch | D24-4 | - | Fun saucer flight. |
| 2008-06-01 | Catesby Wolski's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Good flight! |
| 2008-06-04 | Bill Cooke's Estes Snitch | C6-3 | - | |
| 2008-06-15 | Catesby Wolski's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Great flight! |
| 2008-07-11 | John Lee's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | Kids loved it |
| 2008-08-23 | Dwayne Shmel's Snitch | D13-7 | - | Drag race with other UFOs. Very cool. No delay charge installed. |
| 2008-09-20 | Dick Stafford's Estes Snitch | D12-0+C6-0 | - | It angled over and the C6 segment was parallel to the ground. Thanks, Nick, for the C6-0 ;) |
| 2008-09-21 | Catesby Wolski's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Great flight! |
| 2008-09-28 | James Bishop's Estes Snitch | C6-3 | - | Nice flight. |
| 2008-09-29 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | another up and dowm flight. |
| 2008-09-29 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | another good flight |
| 2008-09-29 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | another good flight |
| 2008-09-29 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | straight up and down - no problems |
| 2008-10-19 | James Reyome's Estes Snitch | C6-3 | - | First flight of a surprisingly (and happily!) long day. Dead-straight boost and surprisingly high.... |
| 2008-12-01 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | another good flight |
| 2008-12-01 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | good flight |
| 2008-12-07 | Chan Stevens's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | |
| 2009-04-19 | Catesby Wolski's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Drag race with two other saucers - three way tie. |
| 2009-04-26 | Moe Bertrand's Estes Snitch | C6-3 | - | Great first flight of my new Snitch. Forgot to attach landing gear spring wires I was in such a... |
| 2009-04-26 | Moe Bertrand's Estes Snitch | C6-3 | - | 2nd flight of my new Snitch. This time I have the metal landing legs on. |
| 2009-04-26 | Moe Bertrand's Estes Snitch | C6-3 | - | 3rd flight of my Snitch. Great little performer. |
| 2009-05-17 | Chan Stevens's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | |
| 2009-05-30 | Dwayne Shmel's Snitch | C6-5 | - | |
| 2009-06-06 | Moe Bertrand's Estes Snitch | C6-3 | - | Another nice flight of my Snitch. I like this little saucer-roc. |
| 2009-06-20 | Kathy Miller's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | |
| 2009-06-20 | Eldred Pickett's Estes Snitch | C6-0/C6-7 | - | |
| 2009-06-20 | Eldred Pickett's Estes Snitch | D12-0/C6-5 | - | |
| 2009-07-11 | John Lee's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Good flight after repair of shell |
| 2009-07-12 | Kathy Miller's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | |
| 2009-07-12 | Kathy Miller's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | |
| 2009-07-12 | Kathy Miller's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | |
| 2009-07-12 | Kathy Miller's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | |
| 2009-07-14 | Kathy Miller's Estes Snitch | C6-5 | - | Cracked the saucer on landing; repairable. |
| 2009-07-19 | John Lee's Estes Snitch | C6-5 | - | Good Demo Flight. The kids loved it. |
| 2009-07-20 | Eldred Pickett's Estes Snitch | A8-3 | - | |
| 2009-07-20 | Eldred Pickett's Estes Snitch | A8-3 | - | |
| 2009-07-25 | Kathy Miller's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | |
| 2009-08-22 | Kathy Miller's Estes Snitch | B6-0 | - | |
| 2009-08-24 | EMRR's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Oh, funny, launched up nicely and then arced while under power right over the house. |
| 2009-09-12 | Kathy Miller's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | |
| 2009-09-19 | Eldred Pickett's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | |
| 2009-11-07 | Moe Bertrand's Estes Snitch | C6-3 | - | Another great Snitch flight. |
| 2009-11-07 | Moe Bertrand's Estes Snitch | C6-3 | - | Drag race with Darrel's Snitch...I lost. No photo of this one. |
| 2009-11-07 | Moe Bertrand's Estes Snitch | C6-3 | - | This time Dwain got the lead on my drag race Snitch with Darrel. |
| 2009-11-14 | Kathy Miller's Estes Snitch | C6-3 | - | |
| 2009-11-14 | Eldred Pickett's Estes Snitch | C6-3 | - | |
| 2009-12-13 | Moe Bertrand's Estes Snitch | C6-3 | - | Another cool flight of the Snitch. Gotta love this one. |
| 2009-12-13 | Moe Bertrand's Estes Snitch | C6-5 | - | Final flight of the day (13 on the 13th) during my Sponge Bob Santa Rescue Mission. Snitch... |
| 2009-12-13 | Ben Genn's Estes Snitch | C6-5 | - | First flight and a great one - fantastic fun! |
| 2010-01-10 | Ben Genn's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Another great flight. |
| 2010-08-01 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | B6-4 | - | Used the Snitch to test a batch of old B6-4s. Good flight. |
| 2010-08-01 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | B6-4 | - | Used the Snitch to test a batch of old B6-4s. Good flight. |
| 2010-08-01 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | B6-4 | - | Used the Snitch to test a batch of old B6-4s. Good flight.this batch od motors seem to be okay |
| 2011-06-15 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | Motor CATO. Blew the snitch apart |
| 2011-08-07 | Dick Stafford's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | |
| 2011-09-06 | Matthew Bond's Estes Snitch | C6-5 | - | Very nice "Snitch" like flight. Low and sorta slow with lots of smoke and noise. Flipped over at... |
| 2011-10-18 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | good flight |
| 2011-10-18 | Matt Gillard's Estes Snitch | C6-0 | - | second flight of the day |
![[Rocket Pic]](/images/archive/images_est/rp_est_snitch01.jpg)
Another little ARF -
There will surely be a Global "Plastic Shortage" very soon. Just
happened to see this one while sliding the isles at Wally World. This is a
little intro to a Flying Saucer ARF.....![[Parts Pic]](/images/archive/images_est/rp_est_snitch02.jpg)
Parts: The
pieces are not many. The Saucer, and a bag containing some other things to make
it work![[Rocket Pic]](/images/archive/images_est/rp_est_snitch03.jpg)
Yes, this is UP, and
you are not experiencing CRT induced vertigo... Reference below..![[Rocket Pic]](/images/archive/images_est/rp_est_snitch04.gif)
Flight: The
C-6-0 motor installed, the igniter installed, and the motor retention ring in
place and we are about ready to go. The "Snitch" waits on the gantry
for the countdown to begin. FIRE -![[Launch Pic]](/images/archive/images_est/rp_est_snitch05.jpg)
It
landed on the wire legs, but flipped over on it's side without injury. The only
way you could tell it had even flown was the slight discoloration on the motor
retention ring, and the pungent smell of a spent black powder motor. Very
satisfying flight, and would work perfectly for school or other small field
demo's
