Estes - R2-D2

Estes - R2-D2 Kit

Estes - R2-D2 {Kit} (2104) [1994-1998] By Peter Clay
Not being a big Star Wars fan , I would not have sought out an R2D2 model rocket kit. However, my family loves it, and got me an Estes Fifteenth Anniversary R2D2 for Father's Day 1999. This is sort of a goofy rocket, but not completely absurd: R2D2 did fly on occasion in the movies. And, folks, I've had so much fun with this thing that I just had to write about it. The 15th Anniversary ...

R2-D2 (Modification) By Ken Johnson
An engineering exercise to test the flight characteristics and durability of the Estes R2D2 rocket by upgrading to a 24mm motor mount. Modifications: The only tools required are ones that every modeler has: an Xacto knife or similar, a ruler (in my case metric, because I don't understand that English feet, pounds, ounces stuff), and a LOT of 30 minute epoxy. Our club requires that anything ...
R2-D2 (Modification) By Ken Johnson
Another in the continuing series of improved "little" R2-D2 rockets from Estes. This one features what the "big" R2 had all along: A REAL nose cone, thereby eliminating recovery failure. Modifications: The first thing that had to go was the top, so R2 was beheaded at the blue band, just below the reinforced bulkhead. This bulkhead was then lowered about an inch and reattached to the inside of ...