3d print your own model rocket.

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Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨EchoCranium@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨3dprinting@lemmy.world⁩

https://hackaday.com/2025/09/05/estes-wants-you-to-3d-print-their-new-model-rocket/

Estes is offering a $40 kit so you can print your own model rocket parts. Loved building models as a kid, might be fun to do again.

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jqubed@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
$40 sounds like a lot for what you get

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- EchoCranium@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Commenters at the end of the article agreed with you on that. Probably better off buying a launcher and some engines instead. Then create your own designs with some CAD software. If I had a printer back when I was 12, printing up my own cones and fins would have been great.
  
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- ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  According to the manual, the only thing you get with the kit (other than access to the digital files) is a couple of cardboard tubes, some stickers, and a parachute — the launch pad, igniter, and even motors are all sold separately.
  
  yeah WTF, this seems like a greedy bullshit cash grab at $40
  
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