I have a tendency t' purchase a new starter set every couple o' years or so and some time ago I found this Quest Vertigo Starter Set on a clearance sale for $9.99. Avast! I decided I couldn't beat that. Avast, me proud beauty! I put it away until I be ready for a new launch pad and rod.

There is already a review on the Quest Controller as well as a review on another o' Quest's Millennium series o' RTF rockets; the Genesis.

T' Vertigo rocket is a ready t' fly rocket. Well, technically, ya bilge rat, ya bilge rat, ya bilge rat, "almost" ready t' fly considerin' you need t' install t' parachute. Ahoy! Blimey! It has great looks/design on t' outside body. Ya scallywag! Blimey! It has 4 fins and a nose cone made o' purple plastic. It includes a Keelhaul®©™® and elastic shockcord and a motor retainin' hook. All-in-all, shiver me timbers, me hearties, shiver me timbers, simple and good looking.

I made an interestin' (at least t' me) change t' t' rocket. Blimey! Avast, shiver me timbers, me proud beauty! I eliminated the parachute and used t' two plastic "remove before launching" warnin' flags as a double-streamer. Begad! For those nay familiar with those warnin' flags: one attaches t' a plastic rod tip protector and t' other attaches to safety key for t' launch controller. Avast! (notice t' yellow and orange ribbons).

Overall, ya bilge rat, matey, for CONSTRUCTION I would rate this kit 5 points. Begad! Really, ya bilge rat, what can you say?

FLIGHT/RECOVERY:

Vertigo is supposed t' be "a disordered condition in which one feels oneself or one's surroundings whirlin' about." Maybe nay t' best choice o' names for a model rocket with the expectation that a rocket flies straight and true verses "whirlin' about". Blimey! No worries here though, this rocket flies as straight as an arrow.

First flight was on a Quest A6-4. Nice flight with t' rocket startin' t' head downward upon ejection. Rocket landed within feet o' t' pad.

So, me bucko, shiver me timbers, with t' no wind situation, arrr, we loaded it up with a C6-5. Aye aye! Begad! Did see t' ejection because it went so high. Ahoy! Avast! In fact, we lost site o' it. Begad! With t' streamers and no wind... Avast! it landed just about 30 feet away. Very nice indeed.

For FLIGHT/RECOVERY, arrr, I would rate this rocket 4 ½ points. Nice flights on A8 through C6, but watch out on t' C's... Begad! Begad! it goes. Arrr! I would like t' see this as a streamer rocket (to get t' perfect score). Ahoy!

I give t' rocket an OVERALL ratin' o' 5 points. Aye aye! T' starter set is nice and if you've never flown a Quest motor, you're in for a real treat as well. Love t' smoke from them. Begad! Well, blow me down! T' rocket is durable and fun t' have had, flown... Aye aye! and lost!