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Ask an Estes Employee (Patreon)

Published:
2024-10-10 00:01:39
Imported:
2026-06

Content

Hey Everyone!
Adam Knippa, Design Engineer at Estes Industries, will be joining us for the podcast next week!

Let's try to limit the "please bring this back" type requests. Otherwise, fire away with questions for our guest!

Comments

Phil Sterka

Estes is doing a great job with the pro series rockets as well as other larger ones but my question is why on the instructions can't you give newer racketeers as well as some of us seasoned ones a CG and CP so we can fine tune our rockets. Or the others that want to soup there kit up a little with a larger motor. For example Nike Smoke with a Areotech motor that case and re load is heavier then an Estes cardboard motor. If anything it teaches the importance of stability and more safety. There's a reason Estes gives the builder Clay to add to make the rocket stable Thanks, Phil

Bryce

Estes has such a long history of manufacturing thousands of rocket designs, it feels like everything must have already been done before, no? How do you approach designing a new kit that doesn’t feel like a rehash of an old concept or otherwise can stand on its own using either modern materials or innovative designs? I imagine that to be so difficult.

Bryce

Favorite Estes kit, current and past.

Brian Kelsay

There's generally a good mix of sizes of rockets and kits in each skill level. Do you aim to have at least so many with payloads, so many based on real sounding and NASA rockets, so many that are quick build with preformed fins for new builders, etc? Thanks for the newer Pro Series and availability of bigger tubes and parts for scratch building. I built my own Super Big Bertha from parts and pieces that were left from my original that I upgraded to plywood fin cores and rings.

ZeroGPrints

Make more parts of kits available so we can repair and replicate rockets.

ZeroGPrints

Provide simulation files, especially for the pro series II kits if possible.

Remcha

I think it would be great for Estes to put out more cluster kits. Are there any plans for them in the future?

Noah Lenihan

Has Estes ever considered doing high power kits or motors?

David Bilia

Will Estes ever consider getting into high power versions of there kits

Larry Gegel

Are there any plans to release more designer series rockets?