Construction Rating: | starstarstarstarstar_border |
Flight Rating: | starstar_borderstar_borderstar_borderstar_border |
Overall Rating: | starstarstarstar_borderstar_border |
Diameter: | 0.54 inches |
Manufacturer: | Estes |
Skill Level: | 1 |
Style: | Sport |
Brief:
The smallest and cheapest Estes rocket.
Construction:
This kit comes in a tiny plastic bag, but all of my pieces were ok. This rocket was very easy to build, only 7 pieces. The fins were small, but not that hard to put on.
Finishing:
Pros: -The rocket is very small and cute looking. -I have made three and found that red and yellow are the best colors. Con's: -None
Construction Rating: 4 out of 5
Flight:
Pros -It goes high and fast.
Cons -From the instant it leaves the launch pad to when it ejects it's engine is is VERY hard to see. -After the ejection if you loose sight of it for one second it will probably never be found. -Nearly impossible to recover when using an A10 or a 1/2A3, I have lost two of my three. I recommend using a 1/4A3 engine, but recovery is still difficult. -Tumble recovery doesn't work to well, I have had many fins break off or in half, even when I used epoxy.
Recovery:
Pros: -None
Cons: -Cannot see the rocket because it is so small and there is nothing flapping around like a parachute or streamer.
Flight Rating: 1 out of 5
Summary:
This is a good looking rocket, but not a very good flier.
I would recommend buying a few of them, because they are cheap and easy to build, but they can be lost easily.
Overall Rating: 3 out of 5
An Estes classic, this tiny rocket that has been bought, built, and sacrificed to the rocketry Gods by many. My mosquito is the one with the balsa nose cone, I believe that the later one was a plastic nose cone. The kit comes in a clear bag with the usual art card and instructions. Components consist of: 2 inch of Bt20 Balsa nose cone Launch lug Strip of balsa 0.5 inches ...
The Estes Mosquito is a classic rocket, but it is somewhat hard to build and is extremely easy to lose. The instructions are well-written and the rocket is fairly straight forward because it has just 7 parts: 3 fins, body tube, launch lug, and a two-piece nose cone. The Mosquito is fairly easy to build. However, the fins are very large for their base area and are hard to get on ...
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