Originally Posted by JumpJet

In a nother day or so most of the Pro Series II parts will be listed on the Estes Web Site. Some are up there now. The parts should be available for purchase very soon I would guess.



http://www.estesrockets.com/rockets/pro-series/parts



John Boren

Originally Posted by Initiator001

The 29mm motor mount tube is five inches long. There is a thrust ring at the forward end. Since the Estes E16/F15 motors have slightly shorter casings than the Estes (AeroTech) G40 and G80 motors a spacer ring will be available to use in rockets set up for the 29mm AP 'G' motors. This will fill in the gap when flying the same model with the E16/F15 motors. I don't know if the production PS II E2X kits will have their motor mounts set up to handle the G40/G80 motors but this Majestic model is set up for some serious 29mm AP 'G' motor flying.

Originally Posted by BEC

Of course since current 29mm composite motors (including those carrying the Estes brand) have a thrust ring molded in at the back of the motor case, the gap between the end of one and the thrust ring in the motor tube for BP motors is of no consequence.

Originally Posted by Initiator001

There wasn't much point in keeping the majority of the body tube so I cut that away. I plan to remove all the body tube to get to the motor mount/centering ring assembly.

Before I completely remove all the body tube I wanted to measure a few things.

The outside diameter of the Estes 2" tube measured 1.978" with a wall thickness of .030 inches.

Hmmm...

I took out a length of Quest T-50 body tube and measured it:

OD: 1.974"

Wall thickness: .028"

That's pretty close.

I decided to try inserting a Quest T-50 molded plastic nose cone in the remaining Majestic body tube.

It fit like a glove.

So, if you need a piece of 2" Estes body but can't find/get it, the Quest T-50 tubing is mighty close alternative.

Originally Posted by JumpJet

This was a failed attempt to light a NON Black Powder motor that was in the upper stage. I even cheated and still didn't get that NON Black powder motor to light.

John Boren

Originally Posted by JumpJet

In a nother day or so most of the Pro Series II parts will be listed on the Estes Web Site. Some are up there now. The parts should be available for purchase very soon I would guess.



http://www.estesrockets.com/rockets/pro-series/parts



John Boren

Originally Posted by danfrank

I bet a little Thermalite would have done the job....

By the way, when will the F15 and E16 motors be available for sale? Anybody know?

Daniel

Originally Posted by Shreadvector

Of course, the vaguely mentioned "non-black powder motor" that was in the model as an upper stage motor could be one of those that uses a cardboard casing with no integral nozzle end thrust ring. I wonder if we will see those soon as well?