Estes - Cosmic Cobra Kit
| Decals: | Self-stick |
| Diameter: | 1.33 inches |
| Fin Material: | Plastic |
| Length: | 19.50 inches |
| Manufacturer: | Estes  |
| Model: | 1262 |
| Nose Cone Material: | Plastic |
| Product Type: | Kit |
| Production Years: | 2002-2008 |
| Recommended Motors: | B4-2, B6-2, B6-4, C6-3, C6-5 |
| Recovery: | Helicopter, Parachute |
| Skill Level: | 1 |
| Style: | Helicopter |
| Weight: | 3.10 ounces |
Reviews
- Estes Cosmic Cobra By Wendy Hartmann (September 13, 2013)
Launched five times successfully after packing modification. Components Parachute would not deploy if I packed it how the directions indicated. Instead of folding the parachute down to the bottom I folded it in half two more times to makea narrow triangle shape. Then I tucked this long version in the blades attached to the nose cone. The end of the parachute ...
- Estes Cosmic Cobra By Ed Rodrigo (November 30, 2011)
- Estes Cosmic Cobra By Jared Elliott
Brief: This is an E2X kit single stage with parachute for the body and helicopter recovery for the nosecone. Construction: The kit consists of a pre-molded fin/MMT unit, 12" plastic parachute, single BT-60 tube, and plastic nose cone. This is an easy kit to assemble. Instructions are straightforward and easy to follow. Assembly can take between 30 minutes or so, depending on ...
- Estes Cosmic Cobra By David Sindel
Brief: The Cosmic Cobra is a low power rocket that recovers in 2 pieces: the nose cone returns on helicopter-like blades and the body tube recovers by parachute. Construction: The kit contains: 1 12" yellow body tube 2 piece fin can nose cone with 3 helicopter blades 12" chute This kit was easy to build and took less than one hour to complete. ...
- Estes Cosmic Cobra By Greg Deeter
Editor's Note: This review does not consider the helicopter portion of the rocket. This is one of the new ones from Estes. This kit seemed to to yelling "STREAMER" to me. The plastic forward swept fins are strong, and just seem perfect for streamer recovery. So, I took the helicopter parts and put them away for a later day. This reduced the weight, so now my Cosmic Cobra is only 2.4 oz ...
- Estes Cosmic Cobra By Bill Eichelberger
The Cosmic Cobra is a combination parachute/helicopter recovery rocket. The nose cone ejects and returns via a rubber band actuated, 3 blade rotor system while the rest of the rocket returns by the more conventional parachute method. While the Cosmic Cobra model itself is new, the idea isn’t, having been done previously by the Estes Heliocopter and HeliCat. In true E2X ...
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