Construction Rating: | starstarstarstarstar |
Flight Rating: | starstarstarstarstar |
Overall Rating: | starstarstarstarstar |
Published: | 2010-08-26 |
Diameter: | 0.98 inches |
Length: | 14.50 inches |
Manufacturer: | Custom Rockets |
Skill Level: | 1 |
Style: | Ring/Tube/Cone Fin |
Brief:
Easy to build, nice performing tube fin rocket.
It has parachute recovery and flies on 18mm motors.
Construction:
The instructions are quite easy to follow and are printed on one 8.5" x 11.0" sheet, tri-folded.
1. As with many kits the first step is assembling the motor mount. the motor mount is standard fare.
2. Next the 6 tube fins are glued on one-by-one.
The shock cord mount is them cur out from the first fold of the instruction sheet. We cut our own out of a spare piece of paper to keep out copy of the instructions in fileable shape.
3. Next the provided yellow launch lug is glued on. *actually missed this step in our building and we first flew it without a launch lug... I glued the launch lug on after our launch last week.
4. The custom parachute is then assembled.
5. The shock cord and parachute are then attached to the "rings" on the nose cone. Having separate mounts for the parachute and shock cord was a good idea.
Finishing:
Finishing is quite easy as the body tube, tube fins and launch lug are already yellow out of
the bag. The nose cone is also black plastic.
Construction Rating: 5 out of 5
Flight:
CONS:
There were no CONS to our flights.
PROS:
I had forgot to glue on the launch lug until after our first launches.
For those first flights, we just inserted the launch rod through the gap between the tube fins and body tube. This worked great for all of our flights.
Recovery:
Flew great on A8-3 motors. We used the A's on all three flights for the review because the
rocket was going pretty high. All recovering were great.
Flight Rating: 5 out of 5
Summary:
This is a great little rocket and a very fast, easy build. It is also a good candidate for
upscaling a tube fin rocket.
It is very easier to build and flies great on A8-3 motors. B's and C's might make it difficult to find the rocket, especial during windy weather.
Overall Rating: 5 out of 5
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