07-28-2008, 07:10 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: My Old Kentucky Home
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Originally Posted by tbzep
Let's hope these new motors can be sold at real prices (not MSRP) that are competitive with Estes D and E motors. Otherwise, we might as well pay the premium for AP composites.
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Bill Stine said these would be priced near comparable AT prices:
$11-12 for the F; $7-8 for the E's and $3-4 for the D's.
These are more than reasonable prices for near full DE and a mid F(say 60nt-sec?)....especially in BP and todays market, when you take into consideration that they come all the way from China.
Plus the D's are much more near a full D (the Estes D is only 17nt-sec) and the E wil be near full E(thats near 37-38Nt-sec) .
Both the E's and F's will obviously require hazmat (because the E will be > 30g and the F will be right at 62.5g) .
So you have a choice : lower total impulse Estes DE or higher Total Impulse Quest DE
Besides, there's nothing like the smell of big BP motors in the morning!.
terry dean
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