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2012-02-29Estes Sky Writer (Kit) Review
A 26-inch long rocket designed to look like a pencil. Made by Estes. An E2X model that is powered by standard engines (B6-4, C6-5, ect.).
Components
2 main body tube sections
Engine moun tbuilding components
plastic nose cone
4 inter-connected plastic fins
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2012-01-16Estes Plasma Probe Flight Perfect flight. Everything went as planned with nice launch and close recovery. - B6-4 - Briscoe Park [More]
Estes Sky Writer Flight Flew very high. Parachute string burned and broke on ejection. Then, chute got tangled on engine retainer hook. The rocket began to free fall about 500 feet and crashed in the grass. Damage was able to be fixed and will fly again. - B6-4 - Briscoe Park [More]
2012-01-04Estes Super Alpha (Kit)  Review
Stands about 20 inches tall with a BT-60. Large nose cone. It's a pretty fat rocket, but quite easy to assemble and fly.
Components
Balsa wood fins, BT-60 body tube, engine hook retainer, engine mount components, very long rubber shock cord, 18-inch parachute.
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2011-12-29Estes Super Alpha Flight Launched perfectly, parachute deployed and drifted down safely about 120 feet away from launch pad. - B6-4 - Jacksonville High School [More]
2011-12-24Estes Super Alpha Flight Launched correctly. Ejection charge fired, but failed to deploy parachute, resulting in broken fin and engine mount. - B6-4 - Briscoe Park [More]
2011-12-20Estes Super Alpha  Flight Textbook flight. Launched very straight. Didn't fly very high. Deployed parachute perfectly. Floated down safely and landed about 20ft away from launch pad. - B6-4 - Mountain Park [More]
2011-12-03Estes Dragonite (Kit)  Review
Basic equipment. Doesn't include launch pad, ignitor, or engines. Does include decals, 12-inch parachute, and three fins. Easy and fun to make (takes about 20 minutes).
Components
The fins and nose cone are plastic. Fins easily snap on. Body tube is re-inforced cardboard. ... [More]
2010-12-03Estes Dragonite  Flight Went up straight as an arrow. The modified streamers (usually parachute) deployed. Large gust of wind occured at that second; blew rocket into 4 lane highway. Rocket was struck by vehicle moving in excess of 50 mph, and resulted in rocket destruction. Very high flight. - B6-4 - Shiloh Elementary [More]
2010-11-26Estes Dragonite Flight Took severall attempts to fire. Once successful, the rocket flew much higher than expected. Drifted (due to parachute) about 100 yards from launch pad. Successful flight; was recoverable. - B6-4 - Killian Hill Christian School [More]
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