New Estes Kit Based on Model Rocket Pioneer G.Harry Stine’s Original Antar Design
Attention rocketry nerds. Venerable rocketry makers, Estes Industries, now offer a kit based on the early designs of the Antar, a rocket designed (but never built) by the father of model rocketry, G. Harry Stine (founder of the National Association of Rocketry and an early evangelist and writer for the hobby).
A flyable version of the Antar was never built because the model rocketry hobby didn’t exist when Stine designed it. This is the first commercial kit based on his design.
The Antar is a Skill Level 2/Advanced kit, flies on B and C motors, and costs US$30.
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