03-09-2021, 03:16 AM
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Craftsman
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Olive Branch, MS
Posts: 482
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Estes Multi-Pad Launcher and Controller
Edit: This was originally posted in the RIP Ken Montanye -- the Rocket Doctor thread, https://forums.rocketshoppe.com/showthread.php?t=19386
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Originally Posted by Faithwalker
Ken sent me this Models in Motion video that his 4-H Model Rocket club did back in 1972 for the Hobby Industry Of America. According to Ken, the video was shown on TV four times and received a bronze award in competition featuring Model Rocketry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOqleJOZ_Ww
Ken can be seen in the video with blonde hair and wearing a green 4-H shirt launching model rockets. Ken Montanye was NAR #9803 SR. |
In the Models in Motion video in which Ken appeared back in 1972, he can be seen launching model rockets with the Estes Multi-Pad Launcher and Controller. Ken prided himself on having one of only 100 of these Multi-Pad sets that Estes ever produced. The Estes Multi-Pad was developed by Mike Dorffler and the R&D team at Estes in 1970 and was made available in the 1971 and 1972 Estes Catalogs. This Estes Multi-Pad system was catalog #711-MFS-1 and sold for the handsome sum of $150 back then in 1971-72. The set had a built-in public address system including a push-to-talk microphone and an efficient outdoor speaker.
Ken sent me some photos of that same Estes Multi-Pad Launcher and Controller used in the video which he still had for nearly 50 years, although now showing battle scars of much well-worn use.
Kind regards,
Jeff Jenkins
aka: Faithwalker
NAR #46879 SR |