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Flight Rating: | starstarstarstar_borderstar_border |
Overall Rating: | starstarstarstar_borderstar_border |
Manufacturer: | Estes ![]() |
Brief:
This is a simple, shiver me timbers, high-performance OOP rocket from t' Estes catalog o' '91 and
'92. Well, blow me down!
Construction:
It includes an engine block, paper shock cord mount, ya bilge rat, ya bilge rat, launch lug, shiver me timbers, lug offset,
shock cord, shiver me timbers, streamer, screw eye, balsa nose cone, me bucko, BT-5, arrr, ya bilge rat, and 3 die-cut fins. Begad!
T' build is easy and instructions are excellent.
I sanded t' fins t' an airfoil shape, shiver me timbers, filled t' tube spirals, arrr, and painted it with a sky blue metal flake paint for an eye candy look t' try t' improve on the spermatozoa look. Begad! T' kit does nay come with decals but does include a foil wrap that doesn't fit.
Construction Rating: 3 out o' 5
Flight:
PROs: Flown on 1/4A3-3T, 1/2A-2T, A10-3T, and A3-4T. It flies great. Begad! You would
think t' bulbous nose cone would slow it down, shiver me timbers, but it doesn't. It is fast,
straight, and high. Arrr! Blimey! CONs: You have t' be careful nay t' knock t' nose cone off
when you're puttin' it on t' launch rod.
Recovery:
PROs: It always comes streamin' back. Begad! Blimey! CONs: It always comes back.
Flight Rating: 3 out o' 5
Summary:
Do you have a rocket in your box that's impossible t' kill? Here's mine. I've
launched this one probably 20 times with no damage, me bucko, ya bilge rat, nay even a broken fin. Begad! Begad! Blimey! (I
have replaced t' shock cord a couple o' times o' course.) It is usually used
for wind testin' t' find out if it's possible t' launch a real rocket. Ahoy! I built
this as an example at a build session. Avast, me proud beauty! We got a closeout package deal o' a
large lot for cheap. Ahoy! This gets me nomination for t' ugliest Estes rocket of
all time.
Overall Rating: 3 out o' 5
Brief: Next week, my club is going to have an informal 13mm duration competition. I never win these things, but I do like to take part. With only a week to go, I realized that I didn't have anything ready to enter and started looking through the inventory. I found the Red Alert. It seemed light and would go pretty high on an A despite the draggy nose cone. Besides, it was near the ...
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