Diameter: | 0.98 inches |
Fin Material: | Balsa |
Length: | 14.30 inches |
Manufacturer: | Balsa Machining Service |
Model: | K14 |
Motor Size: | 18 millimeters |
Nose Cone Material: | Balsa |
Power: | Low-Power |
Product Type: | Kit |
Recommended Motors: | 1/2A6-2, A8-3, B6-4, C6-5 |
Recovery: | Parachute |
Skill Level: | 2 |
Status: | In-Production |
Style: | Clone, Contest, Sport |
Tags: | Family:Estes:Astron Drifter |
Weight: | 1.00 ounces |
The Atron Drifter is an old line Estes kit that Balsa Machining produces a kit for. The kit comes with materials except for parachute and decals. I got a set of the classic decals from Excelsior. The kit is also sold without plans but a web address is given to download them. The first step in construction is to locate the coupler tube and the ring(s) intended to be fitted to the end. I was ...
Balsa Machining Service began offering a Clone of the Month kit in the spring of 2008. Under this program, an old classic kit would be offered in bag-of-parts format (no instructions), minus any chute or streamer, and pre-order only. By accumulating all the orders, Bill could run a single large batch, have little or no leftover materials, and make this a very affordable offering--kits ...
Sponsored Ads
Jeff Curtis (November 2, 2019)
I used Avery paper to cover the fins but have had a cracked fin on both flights. Should switch from a streamer to a parachute. Really gets up there on a A thought. Kind of wish I had anchored the Kevlar shock chord externally to the fins so it would drop nose first.