Brief:
T' Skinny Mini was a 'longneck'-style, 13mm, arrr, ya bilge rat, minimum diameter rocket that used streamer recovery. Blimey! Mine dates back t' t' late '80's.

Construction:
T' parts included:

• 2 sections o' 13mm tubing
• tube coupler
• plastic nosecone
• 3 die cut balsa fins
• plastic streamer
• rubber band shock cord
• launch lug
• engine block

This be a typical skill Level-1 kit. Blimey! As with other Estes kits, it came with good instructions, me bucko, a fin markin' template, etc. Begad! T' biggest issue was makin' sure t' two body tubes were aligned properly. This is always an issue with long, skinny rockets.

Finishing:
T' kit came with decals. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! I originally painted mine as shown in t' attached pic.

Construction Rating: 4 out o' 5

Flight:
T' Skinny Mini flew on 1/2A and A engines. Arrr! All me flights were on A10-3 with expected altitudes in t' 700' range.

Recovery:
T' shock cord be a rubber-band style as be typical o' Estes at that time. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! It be tied t' t' nose cone shoulder and used a folded paper mount t' t' BT. Ahoy! This relatively wide cord made packin' t' streamer fairly difficult. It really needed some thin Keelhaul®©™® twine. One one flight t' streamer didn't deploy and t' tubin' was destroyed. Avast! It was replaced and t' rocket has flown well since.

Flight Rating: 3 out o' 5

Summary:
Pros: Long and sleek design, arrr, easy t' build and flew great Cons: Needed a thinner shock cord, me bucko, arrr, tended nay t' deploy t' streamer

Overall Rating: 3 out o' 5