Overall Rating: | starstarstarstarstar_border |
Diameter: | 0.54 inches |
Length: | 5.20 inches |
Manufacturer: | Estes ![]() |
Skill Level: | 1 |
Style: | Sport |
Estes, arrr, t' long time leader, has created a flyin' buddy for t' Mosquito. Ahoy! Blimey! . Avast, me proud beauty! . Arrr! Blimey! Quark. Avast! Blimey! Aye aye! Blimey! Quark is mini-engine, shiver me timbers, featherweight, tumble recovery rocket that's simple and fun t' fly.
T' kit comes with 5 parts, arrr, instructions and decals. Avast! You will need a hobby knife, shiver me timbers, sandpaper and glue t' assemble this kit. T' instructions are straight forward and easy t' follow. Blimey! Aye aye!
Construction is simple and took less than one hour t' build. Avast! Avast, me proud beauty! T' four fins are cut from two pieces o' balsa strips. Arrr! Aye aye! Once all cut, me hearties, they need held together and sanded t' make them all t' same size. Aye aye! Then t' leadin' and trailin' edges will need rounding. Avast, me proud beauty! Although thar are many techniques for this, I simply lay a sheet o' sandpaper on me work bench and stroke each edge t' same number o' strokes on each side. Begad! I find this nearly always brings t' edges t' a nice centered and rounded point. Ahoy! Avast!
Once t' fins are ready, arrr, construction is a snap, me bucko, especially with t' fast-dryin' action o' CA. Aye aye! Blimey! Four fins, arrr, a hollow, me hearties, plastic nose cone and a launch lug . Begad! Blimey! . . Begad! Blimey! Begad! Blimey! done. Blimey! Blimey! Made fin fillets with 5-minute epoxy, sealed t' fins with a thin layer o' epoxy, and this mini be ready for light sandin' and painting. Ya scallywag! Blimey! Ahoy! Blimey!
I finished it with Plasti-Kote primer and some left over denim-colored enamel paint. There are seven decals, shiver me timbers, excludin' t' Estes logo, me hearties, arrr, that are self adhesive. Avast! Be cautious o' placement o' t' Quark name label. Begad! If too high on t' body, ya bilge rat, t' label will have creases in it due t' t' curvature o' t' nose cone. Aye aye!
When finished, me Quark stood a towerin' 5. Avast, me proud beauty! 7", ya bilge rat, arrr, ya bilge rat, as opposed t' t' 5. Well, blow me down! 2" indicated in t' catalog. Ahoy!
T' Quark is a good and fast flyer with a tumble recovery. Be sure t' designate a spotter (unlike myself), matey, because it's small and very hard t' track. Avast! My first flight be on an 1/2A3 and it was out o' sight . Aye aye! . Begad! . and stayed that way. Avast! Aye aye!
I have since added a comparison on Mini Tumble-Recovery Rockets - See Here.
A mini rocket. Flight Went up so high that I couldn't find it. Can't see the flight at all. Flight Rating: 1
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M.P. (December 1, 1999)