Re: Estes (Cox) X-15 Available again
- From: kaplow_r@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Bob Kaplow)
- Date: 29 Dec 2005 10:05:11 -0600
In article <1135803836.062380.308310@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, mylog35@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> I was just at the local hobby shop and was surprised to see the old
> Cox X-15 has been released by Estes and was only running about $15.
> With a minor internal mod, my old Cox X-15 is about the best flying
> model rocket I've ever flown. And it's nearly indestructible.
I'd call it a toss up between this rocket and the Estes mini X-wing with the
big metal spike in the nose for the title of "Most unsafe mass market rocket
ever made". I remember years ago at a Ft Wayne contest when someone pranged
one of these into an asphalt parking lot next to the range head. It was
stuck in the asphalt like a lawn dart, and came out unscratched. Imagine
what that would have done to a car roof. Or to your head!
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