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  • Estes "shattered" didn't come with metal clip

    From harris.r.daniel@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 3 16:47:14 2016
    I bought an Estes "Shattered" E2X kit today. I just finished putting it together and realized that it didn't come with the metal clip that would usually be present to hold the engine. Does this model not need the clip? I would think that without it, the
    plastic on the bottom of the rocket would melt. There is, however, a cap that screws on over the exposed end of the engine. Perhaps this model doesn't use a clip? Please help as I am joining my mother-in-law's 5th grade class tomorrow to shoot some
    rockets.

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  • From Dean Markley@21:1/5 to Daniel Harris on Wed Mar 16 10:41:15 2016
    On Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 7:47:15 PM UTC-5, Daniel Harris wrote:
    I bought an Estes "Shattered" E2X kit today. I just finished putting it together and realized that it didn't come with the metal clip that would usually be present to hold the engine. Does this model not need the clip? I would think that without it,
    the plastic on the bottom of the rocket would melt. There is, however, a cap that screws on over the exposed end of the engine. Perhaps this model doesn't use a clip? Please help as I am joining my mother-in-law's 5th grade class tomorrow to shoot some
    rockets.

    Is the metal clip shown in the assembly instructions? If not then it isn't needed.

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  • From Joe Pfeiffer@21:1/5 to harris.r.daniel@gmail.com on Wed Mar 16 16:50:37 2016
    harris.r.daniel@gmail.com writes:

    I bought an Estes "Shattered" E2X kit today. I just finished putting
    it together and realized that it didn't come with the metal clip that
    would usually be present to hold the engine. Does this model not need
    the clip? I would think that without it, the plastic on the bottom of
    the rocket would melt. There is, however, a cap that screws on over
    the exposed end of the engine. Perhaps this model doesn't use a clip?
    Please help as I am joining my mother-in-law's 5th grade class
    tomorrow to shoot some rockets.

    Sorry about the too-late reply, but the rockets that use the scew-on
    motor retainers don't use a clip. I haven't seen any heat damage.

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