| Construction Rating: | starstarstarstarstar |
| Flight Rating: | starstarstarstarstar |
| Overall Rating: | starstarstarstarstar |
| Diameter: | 1.64 inches |
| Length: | 24.50 inches |
| Manufacturer: | FlisKits  |
| Skill Level: | 1 |
| Style: | Sport |
Brief:
Skill level 1,
4FNC rocket, parachute recovery
Construction:
- 1 Balsa Nose Cone
- 1 18" BT-60 body tube
- 4 1/8" laser cut balsa fins
- 2 2" launch lugs
- 1 30" shock cord
- 1 screw eye
- 1 18mm motor mount kit w/ fiber centering rings
- peel 'n' stick decal set
- 1 16" parachute
The instructions were very good and easy to follow. I built it using yellow carpenter's glue. Fins are laser cut, I simply rounded the leading edge. Sealed the fins and nose cone with Elmer's Fill 'n' Finish.
No cons to construction.
Finishing:
After sealing and sanding the balsa parts, I primed with Testor's gray primer
and finished with Modelmaster enamel. I used some of the peel 'n' stick decals
provided.
Construction Rating: 5 out of 5
Flight:
I have flown the Rhino twice. Once on a B4-2 as recommended by Fliskits and
once on a B4-4. The B4-2 flight was perfect. Straight and very little spinning
of the rocket. The rocket has a slow, graceful takeoff on this motor. Ejection
and recovery were perfect. Then for some unknown reason, I put in a B4-4. The
flight was essentially the same but with the longer delay, ejection was past
apogee as the nosecone was pointed down. This resulted in dent in the nosecone
from the body tube, but this my fault for choosing the wrong ejection delay!
Recovery:
Shock cord is 3/8" elastic attached with an Estes style paper mount.
Flight Rating: 5 out of 5
Summary:
Very Nice kit, well packaged, excellent customer service from the staff at
Fliskits. Perfect first rocket. Fun to build, flies very well.
Overall Rating: 5 out of 5
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Background: This spring I ran a build session for faculty kids at the school where I teach. I ended up using the Quest Bright Hawk for the 7-9 year olds and the Quest Big Betty for the 10-12 year olds. After the build session, I began thinking about the types of rockets that would make great first builds for a budding rocketeer. I wanted to select rockets to compare that had the ...
- FlisKits Rhino By Jason Toft
Brief: A simple, super stable beginners rocket. Perfect for use in classes. Construction: In the kit there is: 1 BT-60 tube 1 Balsa NC 2 Fin Stock Sheets 1 Engine mount kit (motor tube, hook, rings, etc.) 1 Adaptable Size Chute A set of miscellaneous items (shockcord, shroud lines, tape disks, screw eye) I bought ten of these kits to use in a rocket class my ...
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