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Flight Rating: | starstarstarstar_borderstar_border |
Overall Rating: | starstarstarstar_borderstar_border |
Manufacturer: | Quest |
Brief:
This is an OOP (Out Of Production) RTF (Ready To Fly) rocket that came with a
complete Quest launch kit a few years ago. It included a Quest Launch Pad very
similar to an Estes three-footed pad, a nice hand grip controller powered by a
9 Volt battery, wadding, ignitors and 3 Quest B6-4 motors. The motors were so
old that the glossy outside paper wrap had come off, so I discarded them by
soaking them in water.
Construction:
This kit was nearly RTF (Ready To Fly). While it was a sealed package, I was
surprised that it did not have a parachute in the rocket nor in the sealed
package. Could that be while it was only on sale for a brief amount of time?
There was not anything to building this rocket, it came done out of the package with no parachute. It does have a higher quality than average Kevlar® to the motor mount recovery system, yet the Kevlar® exceeds the length of the body tube by 4 inches, increasing the chance of a zipper--more so than if it were just short of the body tube allowing only the tubular nylon cord to come into contact with the airframe during recovery. The Kevlar® to the motor mount attached to the 2 foot piece of nylon was nice to see, but it should be at least three times as long.
Finishing:
This rocket came finished with a red nose cone, purple plastic one piece fin
can, and a colored body to meld those two colors together. I personally think
that purple and red look awful together.
Construction Rating: 3 out of 5
Flight:
1st flight 8-14-2004 Challenger Club Katy Texas 9am Quest C6-5.
The launch lug on the Strobe is very small and too long as it is molded into the one piece fin can. We had to sand a launch rod down just to get it to fit. First flight was very nice and true and it was recovered about 200 feet from the launch pad. The Quest C6-5 produced a lot more smoke than an Estes C6-5 and the flight looked great
Recovery:
As the package did not come with a chute, I added a 10" nylon chute from
Thrustline.
Flight Rating: 3 out of 5
Summary:
Not bad, a good value with the launch pad and motors. Quest had a great starter
set here but I hate to think of people launching this with no parachute. Even
with the provided B6-4s, no recovery system would be grim.
Overall Rating: 3 out of 5
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