Edmonds AerospaceYouth Groups

Affordable Beginners' Group Packages for Students, Scouts and Other Youth Organizations
Give a boy a flying model and he'll forget what he thought was so important about those video games. Give one to a young lady and she just might imagine herself in a career she never thought of before. I want to make it easy for you to offer this experience to any class, church group, scout troop, Civil Air Patrol unit or other youth group you might run.  I can offer you student rates on just about any of my kits, so don't hesitate to write me to ask for a custom package.

The G-Pack

Elcie G-Pack This special package will get your students into the air more quickly and at lower cost than any other rocket-powered product.  You will enjoy costs of less than $2.50 per student and build times of as little as twenty minutes! Individual aircraft for 12 students are packaged with a single rocket booster that launches three aircraft at a time. Each student experiences a rocket launch of her own model, yet you can launch all twelve students with only four motors, cutting your flying costs by two thirds. Each group of 3 students can enjoy competing to see which aircraft remains aloft the longest!

How About a Birthday Party?

The G-Pack builds so quickly enough that you could actually use the Elcie as a party favor! Start the party with a quick building session, let the models dry while the kids eat and play a few games, then bring out the launcher for a spectacular end to the festivities.  You know how much children love the excitement of a flying model. Now you can be creative and bring that excitement into all sorts of activities.  

Inside the Pack

The new Elcie aircraft is assembled from five laser cut pieces and requires no adjustment. The 3-ship booster has tough plywood mounts for the Elcie's that will last flight after flight. You can build it easily the night before your student session.  Even if you're a beginner yourself, you'll have no problem guiding your children through a thrilling new experience.  

Elcie G-Pack - Twelve new Elcie aircraft packed with a single 3-ship booster

$20.00 + S&H

Deltie Student - Complete Deltie kit with individual booster (please order at least 5)

$5.75 + S&H  

CiCi Student - Complete CiCi kit at the student rate (please order at least 5)

$4.75 + S&H

Tinee Student - Complete Tinee kit at the student rate (please order at least 5)

$4.25 + S&H

Using Edmonds Aerospace Kits with Youth

Only a very simple setup is required for the construction area. The children do not need to cut any parts out, so knives are not required (a couple of kits briefly use scissors or sandpaper).  All assembly can be completed with any glue that works on wood, such as basic Elmers white glue, or yellow glue from the hardware store.  If the kids want to decorate their models (and they always do), I recommend that they take out the felt tip markers.  Paint makes the models heavy and the flight less enjoyable.  For flying, any standard model rocket launcher with a 1/8" rod will do.  For the Elcie G-pack and the little Tinee's, you can complete flights successfully in almost any school athletic field, for CiCi's or Delties being flown with larger motors, you may need an area equivalent to several adjacent soccer fields, or to wait for a relatively calm day.

If you are trying to set a budget for your activity and need to include the cost of rocket motors in your calculation, count on the mini-motors used by the Deltie and Tinee to be just over a dollar each, and the standard motors used by the CiCi to be around a dollar and a half (of course, large motor manufacturer Estes Industries can probably offer you a bulk discount on a large order of motors.