Robert Spillane posted:
"Got some good conditions so the SPEV's and the Pathfinder are getting the dust flown off. Keeping it low(500'-ish) with that slight west wind."
John Boren (Estes Designer) responded:
"I designed three of those models. The Slotted Tube Model in 2012, Excess Parts Model 2010 and the John Boren Rocket 2013. You ever wonder how some rockets get their names, now you do.
From left to right -
Estes STM-012 (Slotted Tube Model from 2012)
EPM-010 (Extra Parts Model from 2010)
JBR-013 (John Boren Rocket from 2013)
Pathfinder (Not named from abbreviated words, 1998 - 1990)
On Facebook, Kirk Groeneveld asked:
"Just bought a rocket kit called "ESAM-58". Can anyone tell me why it's called this, or what it means?
A reply from Vin Sauriol: "Estes Surface to Air Missile, design #58
John Scott Bryan added: Estes designer John Boren was born in 1958
The newer hobbyists may not know -
The original Estes S.P.E.V. (shown above, #K-59, from 1972) was said to be a Spare Parts Elimination Vehicle.
As the story goes, the Estes warehouse had too many extra Thor Agena B parts.
The kit face card called it a SPace Exploration Vehicle.
The kit face card called it a SPace Exploration Vehicle.
There's some Saturn V influence here.
Check out the S.P.E.V. instructions at Jim Z's: CLICK HERE
Compare the profile of the Thor Agena B kit next to the upper portion of the SPEV kit..
The lowest BT-70H tube of the S.P.E.V. was the same length as the main body ot the Estes Little Joe II.
The lowest BT-70H tube of the S.P.E.V. was the same length as the main body ot the Estes Little Joe II.
Wow. That’s awesome
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