{"id":7562,"date":"2022-05-03T12:46:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T16:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/?p=7562"},"modified":"2022-05-03T12:46:20","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T16:46:20","slug":"estes-doorknob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/2022\/05\/estes-doorknob\/","title":{"rendered":"Estes Doorknob"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My build of one of the bigger Estes kits: A casual-scale model <i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Doorknob<\/i>, a research rocket designed, built, and flown by Sandia National Laboratories in the late 50s.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7563\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/PXL_20220430_1824410962-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7563\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/PXL_20220430_1824410962-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/PXL_20220430_1824410962-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/PXL_20220430_1824410962-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/PXL_20220430_1824410962-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/PXL_20220430_1824410962-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/PXL_20220430_1824410962-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/PXL_20220430_1824410962-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Knock knock!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My construction followed the standard Estes instructions caveat running the recovery line to the motor mount. I also did the markings with spray paint instead of the provided waterslide decals. I was pleased with how the faux fin brackets turned out after being built up a bit with several layers of black and then metallic silver.<\/p>\n<p>This is my favorite rocket aesthetically&#8212;that classic not-quite-stubby look, visible brackets &amp; holes, quartered paint scheme, and orange! Just beautiful. So I was pleased this build came out well and to get a near perfect debut flight to 600ft on a somewhat windy day using an AeroTech E20-4 and Jolly Logic chute release.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 530px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-7562-1\" width=\"530\" height=\"942\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/YouCut_20220502_144638215.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/YouCut_20220502_144638215.mp4\">https:\/\/www.rocketshipgames.com\/blogs\/tjkopena\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/YouCut_20220502_144638215.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My build of one of the bigger Estes kits: A casual-scale model Doorknob, a research rocket designed, built, and flown by Sandia National Laboratories in the late 50s. My construction followed the standard Estes instructions caveat running the recovery line to the motor mount. 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