Freebie kit that came with Mega Mosquito. Rather than building for motor ejection I chose to try making this a nose blow recovery model. Nose cone is not glued on. A length of Kevlar is glued into the nose cone and runs to a lariat loop around the motor. Motor requires a tape thrust ring and friction fit. Because I have plenty of yellow in my fleet already I painted this one orange and black (Rustoleum 2X).
| Flight Date: | 2016-11-19 |
| Rocket Name: | Mosquito |
| Kit Name: | Estes - Mosquito {Kit} (0801, TK-1) [1971-2011] |
| Flyer's Name: | Richard Holmes |
| Motors: | 1/4A3-3 |
| Launch Site: | Walt's Hobby, Syracuse, NY |
The Mosquito, which I’ve never had the nerve to fly again after its first teleportation, flew on a 1/4A motor. You may recall I built this one modified, for nose blow recovery instead of spitting the motor. Well, it spat the motor anyway, which was unfortunate since I was relying on a lariat loop for anchoring the shock cord. Our eagle-eyed young assistants found both parts, though — in fact the nose cone (with streamer) was spotted before the airframe, which came down in the middle of the road. One fin was off. I put it back on with some CA but didn’t try flying it again.
| Stage | Motor(s) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Estes 1/4A3T-3 |
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