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 Rocketry Product: Quest - Viper {Kit} (5594)

Model Rocket Building: Quest Viper Build Part 1 Parts (2013-07-01)

I know, a level 1 kit? Why not! Sometimes you can take a simple model, change it up a bit. A few improvements and you can make it your own. At the last Tampa TTRA launch, Lonnie B gave me a ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Quest Viper Build Part 2, Fin Change (2013-07-02)

Here's how the model looks on the Quest website. I've never liked reversed fin cans, with the fins swept up like the Estes Cobra. To me it just doesn't look aerodynamic. That's the first change - ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Quest Viper Build Part 3, Fin Change (2013-07-03)

Lonnie mentioned this at the TTRA launch: In assembling the pieces you find the interior of the fin can is tapered to only go on the tube one way! You can only slide the can on from the rear with ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Quest Viper Build Part 4, Engine Mount and Parachute Changes (2013-07-05)

The yellow engine mount tube was replaced with a thicker ST07 tube. The bendable engine hook was replaced with a hook made from the spring steel strip pulled out of a windshield wiper blade. ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Quest Viper Build Part 5, Fin Can Mask (2013-07-06)

Here's how the engine mount now extends out the back. This allows the engine hook to be lifted for the engine install. If the tube ends were even you could hardly move the engine hook. I ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Quest Viper Build Part 6, Trim Tape and Finished! (2013-07-08)

I decided to use the name sticker. Trim it evenly just outside the printed area. I used small pencil ticks for centering. You should have reference marks, once you set these stickers down, they ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Launch! Soccer Field, November 26, 2019 (2019-11-27)

It was cold with no winds, off to an early launch at the schoolyard. My Quest VIPER was first up using a Chinese made Quest A3-4 motor. It's always good to check your controller batteries and ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Launch! Schoolyard Soccer Field, January 2, 2020 (2020-01-03)

Saturday's Orlando R.O.C.K. monthly launch might get rained out! I prepped some smaller models for a quick schoolyard launch. I had a Semroc MicroMaxx Blue Bird Zero ready. I can transport the ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: The Big Fix, Viper Fin Can (2015-03-12)

My "indestructable" Quest Viper finallly showed some flight fatigue! This crack in the fin can could have been there for months, it was a clean break right down the root edge of a fin. A ... [Read More]