Thread: Estes Majestic PS II E2X Kit
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Old 10-12-2013, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Initiator001
I have assembled an Estes Majestic kit.

This is the second Estes PS II E2X kit I have finished.

It was easier to assemble than my previous PS II E2X model (Ascender) due to the fact that the fins halves are already glued together.

I assembled the model with CA and 30 minute epoxy adhesives. My only alteration to the kit was the addition of a Semroc ejection baffle (EB-20). I had to sand down the rings a little to get the baffle to fit in the body tube.

I look forward to flying it soon.


I hope you have better luck with your first flight with your Estes Majestic than I did today. Yesterday, I also assembled mine with the recommended CA and 30 minute epoxy used sparingly following all the assembly instructions. I used the recommended first flight engine, F15-6 and the PSII wadding, starter and plug.

I flew in calm conditions with rod close to vertical. The smile in the picture was short lived. Shortly after it came off the rod it went unstable and cartwheeled through the air for a pretty good distance landing between my vehicle and the vehicle parked next to me and was damaged when it thumped on the ground and ejected it chute near the spectators standing nearby.

I'll be contacting Estes soon to request a different PSII kit. I'm really not comfortable repairing mine and flying it again.

Perhaps yours will fly better since you have the added weight up front with the Semroc baffle on yours. I ran it through OpenRocket last night and it didn't show stable without added nose weight but I ignored that thinking it was a data entry problem on my end and it should be stable since I assembled the Majestic per the instructions without any modifications.



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