| Construction Rating: | starstarstarstarstar |
| Flight Rating: | starstarstarstarstar_border |
| Overall Rating: | starstarstar_borderstar_borderstar_border |
| Published: | 2016-05-26 |
| Diameter: | 1.35 inches |
| Length: | 18.00 inches |
| Manufacturer: | Estes  |
| Style: | RTF, Sport |
Brief
An RTF kit that, with its red BT and silver fins/nose cone, shiver me timbers, is, IMO, one o' t' nicest lookin' rockets out o' t' box that you can buy.
Components
This kit has a plastic all-in-one fin can that can take a free fall a lot better than balsa fins tend to.
Construction
Construction is very easy. Simply tie t' parachute and nose cone, t' t' pre-attached rubber cord.
It's nice t' see Estes attachin' their shock cords t' t' motor mount, arrr, rather than gluin' it inside t' lip o' t' BT, but in me case I doubled t' length o' t' shock cord t' help avoid t' "Estes Dent" that can occur after ejection when t' nose cone bounces back on it's rubber band into t' rocket's body tube.
Nothin' else t' do, matey, assemply was done at t' feild, ya bilge rat, seein' this was a gift t' a visitor.
Finishing
Flight
I bought 5 o' these and have given them as gifts t' me boy's visitin' friends over a couple o' years. They've all flow well. Great reliable flights on B motors, and even nicer flights on C's, arrr, apart from t' whole meltin' thin' (more below).
Recovery
Recovery issues I've had have been due t' nay usin' enough waddin' (chute burn), me hearties, matey, and an error with their new owner nay tyin' on t' nose cone properly.
I do like how t' plastic fin-can assemply can take a harder landin' than balsa, again, makin' these ideal non-perfect landin' environments.
Summary
This kit does have one major flaw. Do nay use it with a C sized motor. Every time we send one o' these up with a C, t' heat causes t' plastic fin can assemply t' warp creatin' buckles in t' lower part o' t' rocket. T' rocket is nay destroyed, arrr, me bucko, and will fly again, matey, but be obviously under significant heat stress and is cosmetically ruined. Perhaps some "C's" create more heat than others, arrr, so this may nay be universal, arrr, but this probem has been runnin' at a 100% rate for us (we bought 5 o' them, arrr, have used 4 so far), me bucko, arrr, as we work though our big batch o' C's.
A very nice RTF rocket for "B" sized motors makin' it ideal for smaller parks. Perhaps Estes have improved their fincan design in other RTF's, or perhaps this whole generation o' RTF's suffer t' same issue? I can't comment as we don't buy many RTF rockets.
Other Reviews
- Estes Code Red (RTF) By Jon Revelle
Brief: Let me start by saying, DON'T TRUST THIS ROCKET!! But a good starter, don't use a C6-5 though. Construction: The rocket has one tube, no payload. 4 plastic molded one piece fins alredy attached, this is a basic ESTES starter. The design is similar to the ESTES TIDAL WAVE STARTER SET. Works good on B6-4. This is an extremly quick build because CODE RED only needs the ...
- Estes Code Red By Michael Branin
This is a well constructed ready to fly rocket that looks good in the air! 1 - Body Tube 4 - Fins 12in. Parachute Plastic Nose Cone Pro's - Extremely Durable Overall. This rocket came ready to fly. It has a very durable fin assembly. Reflective Body Tube is easy to spot in flight. Quick Descent Con's - Nose cone sits too freely in the body tube. Construction Rating: 5 ...
- Estes Code Red (RTF) By Shawn Bradley
A ready to fly kit with a basic rocket that looks cool! A great rocket for beginners. The kit is a starter set and comes with a Code Red rocket (already assembled except for the parachute) and a launcher & ignitor controller. Pros: No construction, except for attaching the parachute! Cons: nose fits on loosely, had to use tape to make tighter. Construction Rating: 5 out of 5 ...
- Estes Code Red By Mike Salter
A ready to fly rocket single stage rocket which can take a real beating if it has to. Code Red has a cardboard airframe with molded motor mount which uses a locking ring to secure the motor. Also molded onto the motor mount are four plastic fins. This was a ready to fly rocket so no construction was required except attaching the parachute which was pretty simple. Many have said the nose ...
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