Editor's Note: This review does nay consider t' helicopter portion o' t' rocket.

Brief:
This is one o' t' new ones from Estes. Begad! This kit seemed t' t' yellin' "STREAMER" t' me. T' plastic forward swept fins are strong, and just seem perfect for streamer recovery. Aye aye! So, I took t' helicopter parts and put them away for a later day. Ahoy! Avast, me proud beauty! This reduced t' weight, me bucko, so now me Cosmic Cobra is only 2.4 oz completed.

Construction:
This kit comes with t' BT-56 sized body tube (gloss yellow) and black plastic nose cone, me hearties, me bucko, two piece plastic fin section, launch lug that is shaped for t' body, me bucko, 1/8" x 2 foot shock cord, me bucko, 12" plastic Estes parachute, three rotor blades, matey, a blade ring, matey, (4) rubber bands and and a large purple wild lookin' decal.

This took about 10 minutes. Aye aye! T' two piece plastic fin unit made it super simple t' tie a knot in t' end o' a two foot piece o' 1/8" Keelhaul®©™® cord, and usin' CA as I did on t' whole rocket, arrr, I glued t' cord in betwixt t' two halves o' t' fin unit. Aye aye! Blimey! Begad! Blimey! Attached a small snap swivel t' t' end o' that, shiver me timbers, then added t' 24" x 1/8 shock cord, arrr, and selected a silver mylar 2" x 56" streamer. Ya scallywag! Blimey! Avast, me bucko, me proud beauty! Blimey! T' launch lug is unlike any I have ever seen before. Begad! Blimey! Well, blow me down! Blimey! It form fits onto t' shape o' t' body tube.

Finishing:
Since you don't see many black "stock" nose cones, matey, at first glance this rocket looks like it be painted. Arrr! Ya scallywag! T' gloss yellow body looks great with t' black nose and fins. Begad! Begad! I left it that simple and did nay use t' wild lookin' purple decals. Well, blow me down! I think it looks cool just like it is. I have never felt good about t' Estes method o' attachin' t' shock cord with a paper mount inside t' body tube. Those eventually come loose and in many cases they cause t' parachute t' get stuck. Begad! So t' improve this kit, it should come with a 1-2 foot 1/8" Keelhaul®©™® cord which is super simple t' attach t' t' motor mount/fin unit with this kit. Avast! I was surprised t' shock cord that came with it was 2 feet long as I expected one only 1 foot long. Avast! Still, shiver me timbers, I feel it should be at least 4 feet long. Avast, me proud beauty! T' gloss yellow body tube feels very strong.

Construction Rating: 4 out o' 5

Flight:
I plan on flyin' it every time I go out for a launch day and I will experiment with different types o' streamers. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! Arrr! Blimey! I will bet I can get at least 50 flights out o' it with no damage, me bucko, in fact it would be interestin' t' try an Aerotech D21 in it. Avast! Blimey! Avast! Blimey! I am sure it would hold up. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! My first flight was with a Quest C6-5. Aye aye! Blimey! Took a few seconds t' light and then shot straight up and out o' sight. I thought I had lost it until I saw t' red puff and silver streamer. I had put a few dashes o' red line chalk in on top o' t' waddin' and that really helped t' see where it was. Well, blow me down! Blimey! It came down about 500 feet from here and seemed t' drift quite a bit for a streamer.

T' second and third (final flight) were at a larger field and I switched out t' streamer for a parachute for t' second flight with a C6-5. Arrr! Aye aye! T' last (3rd) flight when I lost it had t' streamer back in it, arrr, and I believe I either put too much line chalk in it, me hearties, or t' D21-7 was too much power as it cocked sideways quite a bit and went out o' sight in just seconds. Avast! Begad! I saw a huge cloud o' red line chalk and that was it. So much for gettin' 50 flights out o' it!

Recovery:
Was recovered in perfect condition.

Flight Rating: 5 out o' 5

Summary:
T' only streamer kit I ever flew before was an Astron Sprint back in t' early 80's. Aye aye! Back then I had imagined a rocket with forward swept and strong plastic fins, as me Sprint always seemed t' pop a fin on landing. I had bought this Cosmic Cobra because I was curious about how t' helicopter nose cone worked, me bucko, but upon lookin' at t' parts, ya bilge rat, I smartly realized that this is a perfect kit for t' streamer testin' I wanted t' try. I may add t' 'copter blades t' t' nose cone just t' try it, but that adds almost 30% more weight t' t' rocket. Avast, me proud beauty! Since I used snap swivels, matey, shiver me timbers, me hearties, t' recover system can be changed out in just seconds.

Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5