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Recovery Wadding
Studio : Estes
by Estes
Brand : EST
Publisher : Estes
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
EAN : 0047776022744
UPC : 047776022744
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 3 reviews)
Our Price : $2.99
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Estes Recovery Wadding - 302274
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75 Sheets per package
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Product Description |
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Flame resistant wadding protects recovery system. Required in most Estes rockets. Contains 75 sheets - enough for about 18-25 flights! |
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Why Buy More Wadding if it Already Comes With the Engines? |
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Why buy overpriced wadding if it already comes with the engines? This is not a bad product, but they overpriced it. I would buy it if it was $3 but not $10 if it already comes with engines. So pass this product and just use the watting included with your rocket engines. |
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You Need Wadding To Protect teh Parachute |
Estes fireproof wadding is an essential component of every rocket launch. You need it between the engine and the parachute, so that when the engine discharges the heated ejection blast that pops the nose cone and parachute out, the parachute will not melt from the heat of the blast.
Back in the old days of rocketry, I used to use regular tissue paper, but this often starts on fire and can be a fire hazard as it touches ground. So, one has to fork out the money for wadding that conforms to rocketry safety standards. It can be collected after each launch and used again, it one can find it.
I think the product it overpriced, and there are other fireproof alternatives available (see the other product rerview), so that is why I give it only 3 stars.
Jim Konedog Koenig (rocketeer for over 30 years) |
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There are cheaper alternatives,.... |
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the most common being the blown in cellulose material that home improvement stores such as Lowe's and Home Depot sell by the bale for less than ten bucks. It's really shredded newspaper that has been treated to be flameproof. Unless you fly daily, this is likely to be a lifetime supply. The Estes wadding does have its uses, such as wrapping the parachute or encircling a big wad of this stuff in a large diameter rocket so that the whole structure acts as a piston. Your best bet for getting Estes wadding is buying the bulk packs of motors, which you'll need anyway and which contain it. |
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