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Brief:
I received t' Estes X-Flyers as a gift from our neighbor Zachary. Aye aye! T' kit is one o' Estes Ready-Built series and includes two rockets, shiver me timbers, one yellow and blue, arrr, me bucko, and one black and purple. Ya scallywag! Avast, me proud beauty! This kit was packaged in plastic and came in a box and cost $14.99. Avast! Well, blow me down! A pretty good deal for two rockets.
Construction:
No construction on a Ready Built just attach t' chute and jam in an engine.
Finishing:
T' X-Flyers are cool looking, ya bilge rat, me bucko, nice colors and very sleek and futuristic looking. Ahoy! Blimey! T' only issue I have with t' rockets be t' body tubes are a tight fit for parachutes. Blimey! Ahoy! Blimey! These rockets are light and may have been better with streamers.
Construction Rating: 4
Flight:
Both rockets received Estes A8-3 engines. They were out o' site because o' t' sleek style, matey, manufactured finish and light weight. Both rockets performed very well.
Recovery:
T' second flight o' t' purple and black X-Flyer came down fast on a tangled chute. Both were recovered no damage. Aye aye! Blimey! If you use a B or C engine have lots o' spotters and big field.
Flight Rating: 4
Summary:
Overall t' X-Flyers receive a solid four. Begad! Two rockets for t' price o' one, you can get out and launch immediately and they rock on an A8-3. Blimey! Cons are they may drift far on a chute (especially if you use a C engine) and secondly t' narrow body tubes.
Overall Rating: 4
Brief: The Estes X-Flyers is a kit in the Launchables series which contains two easy-to-build pre-decorated model rockets. Alex, age 10 at the time, built both rockets in under ten minutes each without adult assistance. Construction: The two rockets are referred to in the kit as X-Flyer #1 and X-Flyer #2. X-Flyer #1 is 15.25 long. It ...
The X-Flyers are BT-20-based, minimum diameter birds that even with their full-length tube wraps, weigh practically nothing. Both employ the plastic fin can of the Nike Arrow resulting in relatively low drag. Modifications: Recovery system and engine mount, as detailed below. Specifications given are for X-flyer #1. X-flyer #2 differs very little, both in parts content and flight ...