Construction Rating: | starstarstarstarstar_border |
Flight Rating: | starstarstarstarstar |
Overall Rating: | starstarstarstarstar_border |
Manufacturer: | Quest |
(Contributed- by Chris Taylor)
I saw this Kit at Allied Hobbies RTF ready to Fly Minus Parachute as a Kit with Pad and engines etc..
Notes on Quest Products:
This kit is a Styrofoam model of the Enterprise E with small clear plastic fins for flight. With the Enterprise I had to build nothing except the parachute. Modification here; I put a loop in their shock cord so I could use my own parachutes (I make one of each size with snap swivels).
The first flight was pretty neat and rather straight with a little roll. It went up ejected and then I got worried. It was coming down awfully slow. That little plastic "Nose Cone" has an awful lot of nose weight in it and when I recovered it (undamaged) I found out what happened. The HEAVY nose cone had separated! It was NOT secured very. Well I got lucky when another modeler hunting for his rocket found my nose cone (would be pretty tuff to replace).
I flew it again at NARAM-40 on a B6-4. A pretty low flight. I would stick with the C's.
I am also thinking if messing with letting the parachute and nose cone separate and possibly having glider recovery. Would be neat if its stable.
I would rate this a 4 out of 5 for construction for horrible parachute and not secured nose cone.
I would rate this a 4 out of 5 for looks. I LOVE Star Trek, BUT the decals are not all placed on model and they tend to come off after a few flights. (Annoying)
I would rate this a 5 out of 5 for flight. Very stable and the design is cool.
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