Ty Bliss's Bumblebee
Manufacturer:Estes
Diameter:1.0000 inches
Style:Spin-Fin

A vintage Estes design (09-1994), this rocket wows the crowd when flying on a C6-5 with a dependable trail of tightly wound corkscrew-shaped exhaust on take-off and spiraling tracking smoke at apogee. Even veterans stop and watch this one go!

Bumblebee's secrets include a unique offset motor mount and a single fin designed with the perfect trim tab to sustain the spin until the ejection charge fires. 

Note: My rocket has balsa fins and is 19" tall.  Later Corkscrew production models have plastic fins and are 2 inches taller.    

 

 

    

Bumblebee - 25 Years Old and Still Flying!
Bumblebee - Offset Motor Mount Installed
Bumblebee - Fin with Trim Tab

 

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