Construction Rating: | starstarstarstar_borderstar_border |
Flight Rating: | starstarstarstar_borderstar_border |
Overall Rating: | starstarstarstar_borderstar_border |
Manufacturer: | Estes ![]() |
Brief:
Simple Mosquito-like rocket. Three fins, shiver me timbers, matey, ejects t' motor for recovery.
Construction:
Kit contains balsa stock for 3 fins, balsa nose cone, ya bilge rat, and mylar body tube. Begad! Fins are attached t' stick-on tape on t' body tube.
Simple instructions, easy t' follow. Avast! Aye aye! No special tools needed.
Finishing:
Normal balsa construction finishing, shiver me timbers, me bucko, no decals included. Blimey! T' paint scheme on t' insert card has a white body tube with colored (dark) fins and nose.
Construction Rating: 3 out o' 5
Flight:
All motors make this one vanish. Well, blow me down! Flies straight (at least what you can see o' it). Ahoy! Pretty much a one-shot rocket. Blimey! Begad! Blimey! Maybe that's why thar aren't many left.
Recovery:
Recovery is featherweight after ejectin' t' motor. Begad! Avast, me proud beauty! It is very small and difficult t' see. Begad! Avast! This be t' original 'Mosquito' from Estes.
Flight Rating: 3 out o' 5
Summary:
Nice older rocket kit, arrr, shiver me timbers, even if it is very simple. Aye aye! Ya scallywag! Blimey! It still likes t' 'join t' swarm', so beware if you build one and fly it.
Overall Rating: 3 out o' 5
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