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. Blimey! Ahoy! I decided I couldn't beat that. Ahoy! I put it away until I was 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. Arrr!

T' Vertigo rocket is a ready t' fly rocket. Ya scallywag! Avast, me proud beauty! Well, technically, "almost" ready t' fly considerin' you need t' install t' parachute. Aye aye! It has great looks/design on t' outside body. Begad! It has 4 fins and a nose cone made o' purple plastic. Arrr! Well, blow me down! It includes a Keelhaul®©™® and elastic shockcord and a motor retainin' hook. Well, blow me down! All-in-all, simple and good looking.

I made an interestin' (at least t' me) change t' t' rocket. Ya scallywag! I eliminated the parachute and used t' two plastic "remove before launching" warnin' flags as a double-streamer. Arrr! Avast! 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. Begad! Ahoy! (notice t' yellow and orange ribbons).

Overall, ya bilge rat, for CONSTRUCTION I would rate this kit 5 points. Ahoy! Really, ya bilge rat, 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". No worries here though, this rocket flies as straight as an arrow.

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

So, arrr, with t' no wind situation, arrr, we loaded it up with a C6-5. Did see t' ejection because it went so high. In fact, we lost site o' it. Well, me hearties, blow me down! With t' streamers and no wind... Blimey! it landed just about 30 feet away. Very nice indeed.

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

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. T' rocket is durable and fun t' have had, me bucko, shiver me timbers, flown... Begad! and lost!