Quest Icarus

Quest - Icarus {Kit} (2006) [1994-]

Contributed by Tai Fu

Manufacturer: Quest
Style: Payload
Quest - Icarus
(Contributed - by Tai Fu)

Brief:
Used 24mm motor mount, arrr, reinforced fin joint w/fiberglass.

Modifications:
Seein' that Quest Icarus uses 18mm motor mount, and has a payload section, shiver me timbers, I think a A/B/C motor would nay have enough power t' give this an impressive flight if a payload were used, shiver me timbers, arrr, so I decided t' give this rocket a little boost.

I added a 24mm tube instead o' a 18mm, matey, because now I have opened up this rocket t' t' power o' D/E/F and possibly G. T' centerin' rings were designed for a 18mm motor, so therefore I took a trusty old xacto knife, and cut it to fit a 24mm tube. It's really nay that hard, me hearties, shiver me timbers, ya bilge rat, just take a 24mm tube, me hearties, trace around it with a pencil, matey, and cut INSIDE t' line. Avast! just keep cutting/sandin' until the 24mm tube fits. Ahoy! Aye aye! Use epoxy t' attach t' centerin' ring, me hearties, because you want t' be able t' allow t' rocket t' take t' kick o' a G motor. Blimey! Well, blow me down!

Then I went t' attachin' t' fins. Ya scallywag! I've used epoxy t' attach t' fins because G motor exerts a lot o' thrust, and I hate seein' t' rocket with broken fins. So if you want, take some fiberglass cloth, arrr, cut into tapes, ya bilge rat, and epoxy them t' t' joints, shiver me timbers, matey, so after it cures, matey, t' joint will nay move at all.

Finishing:
After t' modification with fiberglass fin joint reinforcement, t' finishing becomes a pain. Begad! Well, blow me down! Since t' epoxy seems t' be hard t' sand, ya bilge rat, I have t' keep sandin' tirelessly and achievin' little result. I went t' constantly applying primers (and it keeps wrinkling!) then painting, but after a long work, me bucko, it paid off, matey, and you can't tell t' joints has been reinforced (that is until you try to break t' fin joints that is)

Flight:
Motors: After this modification, t' model will become heavier, me bucko, so use motors with low delays, ya bilge rat, such as a A8-3 and B6-2 and so on, matey, me bucko, DO NOT use upper stage motors, me hearties, matey, because I made that mistake and t' rocket pranged! First flight I used A8-3 and it was perfect, but t' second flight I used a B6-6 and it didn't eject until it be 3 inches into t' ground!!!

Summary:
Quest makes okay rockets (better than Estes) but they don't have 24mm....

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    (05/01/98) The Icarus ™ was the first Quest kit that I have ever built and quite frankly I think I got it by accident when I transposed some numbers on an order. But I put it together. It's a level 2 kit with large payload section and dual-parachute recovery. And like all Quest kits, it uses 18mm motors (A-C). The kit was packaged fine in a long plastic bag with a colorful picture of ...

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