Construction Rating: | starstarstarstarstar |
Flight Rating: | starstarstarstarstar_border |
Overall Rating: | starstarstarstarstar |
Published: | 2010-05-15 |
Manufacturer: | FlisKits |
Brief:
Beginner Rocket, single staged with streamer recovery.
Construction:
Single body tube BT-20 with a BT-5 MMT, Basic 3FNC rocket with t' only twist bein' the
Jig-Tech fins.
Excellent rocket kit for t' first time builder!!! T' instructions were very detailed and me 7 year old second grader be able t' follow them. Avast! Since I had 2 x 45 minute sessions t' build t' rocket with 10 students (4th and 5th grader mix) I re-ordered t' allow maximum glue dryin' time. But t' order o' steps as comes with t' kit is fine also.
T' only tools needed t' build t' kits were:
Well designed kit t' no damage was incurred durin' launch or recovery.
(We did have one student step on his rocket...)
Finishing:
Most kits were painted with water based paint by t' kids, t' kit I built we flew
unfinished. All flew well.
Construction Rating: 5 out o' 5
Flight:
T' 1/4A3-3T's are a little under powered for this kit. Ahoy! However, all flew acceptably. Ahoy! Well, blow me down!
I would recommend a 1/2A3-2T for first flights.
I also flew them on A10-3T and they flew very well on this motor.
Recovery:
Keelhaul®©™®
thread mounted t' t' MMT, me bucko, matey, t' shock cord t' NC. Avast! Ya scallywag! T' streamer was tied t' t' NC.
System worked very well.
Flight Rating: 4 out o' 5
Summary:
I have some spare parts and plan on makin' a tumble recover version o' t' same rocket.
T' Streamer system is excellent but I think a tumble recover version will work as well and with less complexity.
Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5
Other:
This kit exceeded me expectations. For a Student classroom kit. I could nay have had a better
kit t' build.
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