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Recovery Wadding

Recovery Wadding

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Brand: EST
Category: Toy

Buy New: $2.99



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Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars 3 reviews
Sales Rank: 8790

Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 6 x 6 x 1

MPN: 302274
UPC: 047776022744
EAN: 0047776022744
ASIN: B0006NAQ6O

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • Estes Recovery Wadding - 302274
  • 75 Sheets per package

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
This Model Rocket Accessory Package Contains Recovery Wadding by Estes. FEATURES: Flame resistant. Protects the parachute from being burned from the ejection charge. Includes enough sheets for approximately 18 to 25 flights! Package includes recommendations for the number of sheets to use for what size body tube. INCLUDES: Approximately 75 Square Sheets SPECS: Size: 4-1/2"" x 4-1/2""


Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Why Buy More Wadding if it Already Comes With the Engines?   February 29, 2008
Amanda Demarcy (BRIDGE CITY, TX USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

Why buy overpriced wadding if it already comes with the engines? This is not a bad product, but they overpriced it. I would buy it if it was $3 but not $10 if it already comes with engines. So pass this product and just use the watting included with your rocket engines.


3 out of 5 stars You Need Wadding To Protect teh Parachute   March 18, 2007
James Koenig (Minnesota)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Estes fireproof wadding is an essential component of every rocket launch. You need it between the engine and the parachute, so that when the engine discharges the heated ejection blast that pops the nose cone and parachute out, the parachute will not melt from the heat of the blast.

Back in the old days of rocketry, I used to use regular tissue paper, but this often starts on fire and can be a fire hazard as it touches ground. So, one has to fork out the money for wadding that conforms to rocketry safety standards. It can be collected after each launch and used again, it one can find it.

I think the product it overpriced, and there are other fireproof alternatives available (see the other product rerview), so that is why I give it only 3 stars.

Jim Konedog Koenig (rocketeer for over 30 years)



3 out of 5 stars There are cheaper alternatives,....   January 18, 2006
William J. Eichelberger (Ft. Thomas, KY)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

the most common being the blown in cellulose material that home improvement stores such as Lowe's and Home Depot sell by the bale for less than ten bucks. It's really shredded newspaper that has been treated to be flameproof. Unless you fly daily, this is likely to be a lifetime supply. The Estes wadding does have its uses, such as wrapping the parachute or encircling a big wad of this stuff in a large diameter rocket so that the whole structure acts as a piston. Your best bet for getting Estes wadding is buying the bulk packs of motors, which you'll need anyway and which contain it.

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