| Construction Rating: | starstarstarstarstar_border |
| Overall Rating: | starstarstarstarstar |
| Published: | 2014-04-08 |
| Diameter: | 1.33 inches |
| Length: | 24.00 inches |
| Manufacturer: | Estes  |
| Skill Level: | 1 |
| Style: | Sport |
Brief
A very nice, sturdy, solid, and pretty looking rocket. This kit is based off of the Centuri Centurion. Its skill level is 1, but it was a challenging build for me regardless. It was the first one that I had to sand, cut, and do specific detailing like fillets and proper fin alignment. This kit was made for performance since the components featured in it are a lot more sturdy and solid than the standard Estes rocket kit. This kit also features through-the-wall fin construction.
Components
It's components are as follows;
- Two very sturdy and solid body tubes, with very thick walls
- A classic nose cone
- Thick balsa wood fins.
- A very thick and very long rubber shock chord, longer than the rocket itself.
- An 18" plastic red transparent parachute with very sturdy shroud lines
- Water slide decals
- Standard engine mount
- Thick and sturdy thrust rings
- Standard launch lugs.
Construction
This kit is outstanding, the instructions were very straight forward and easy to follow.
Pros:
- Solid parts which were easy to assemble
- very clear and straight forward instructions
- Not too much sanding and cutting of parts was required.
Cons: None
Finishing
Finishing the kit was the most challenging part to do since this is a sport kit and is made to look nice.
Flight
Mine has not flown yet.
Recovery
Never flown.
Summary
To sum it all up, this is an outstanding kit and I would recommend it to any hobbyist looking to expand their fleet. The first issue I had with building this kit was that I had forgotten to prime the nose cone since it is balsa wood. So the paint turned out a bit flatter and sloppier on the nosecone. It is a bit more on the challenging side for a skill level 1 since the parts are a little higher in quality than most standard kits. My second issue was that I had assembled the engine mount before aligning the fins to it, so I had to force the fins in a bit. I probably broke the balsa on the ends of the fins, but I still was able to get them glued in.
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