David S. Kemp's Page

AKA: rockets_4_fu

Location: LaPlata, MD

Club Memberships: NAR

Favorite Rockets: Estes Goblin

Biography:

I am a born again rocketeer.  Introduced to model rocketry at a summer camp back in the 70's.  We built and flew what I believe was an Estes Viking.   I then remember having a mosquito, that was lost on its first flight.  After that,  I moved onto a Der Red Max, Citation Patriot and Photon Distruptor.  Launched rockets through the early 80's with friends and then lost interest.  Rediscovered the joy of the hobby in Oct 2020.   Was very happy to see that I could find and re-build the rockets I had as a kid.  Very lucky to have some friendly neighbors that own farms where I can launch whenever crops are not present.    Live near LaPlata, MD.  Instagram handle is rockets_4_fun.  WVU Alumni.  Retired UNiX Geek

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2021-04-04

Estes Xtreme (Kit)

Review

The Estes Xtreme appears to be an elongated clone of the Estes Hi-Filer.  Comparison of the Xtreme vs the Hi-Flier: The body tube (BT) is 12 inches vs 9 inches.   The nose cone (NC) is elongated and comes to a pointy tip vs a shorter ogive style.   Because the ... [More]

2021-02-13

Estes Hi-Flier XL (Kit)

Review

The Estes Hi-Flier XL is a an up-scaled version of the Estes Hi-Flier.   It's up-scale is about a factor of 2.6 coming in at 31 inches tall (compared to the 12 inch Hi-Flier)  It has a 24mm motor mount and Estes recommends C11s, D12s, and E12 motors.   Components ... [More]