Estes Confezione sfusa di kit di costruzione di razzi Alpha III, kit di modelli di razzi volanti per principianti per bambini dai 10 anni in su, esperimenti scientifici in classe
... it is a great field test before you sent off your expensive, detailed and painted bird. A C6-5 will loose it on most football fields. Learn wind patterns and use a weather app. It is a flying Phantom with cloths on. Great first, easy to see, great lookin', customizable, work horse for you fleet. Never go to a launch day without one! I should try to build one to launch a glider or two. Yea that's the ticket to space! * Not always this price. Alpha III Build notes: -Use a black magic marker to color launch lug. -Apply all decals first. -Add a black marker line along the length of body tube to help align both wrap around decals. -Align fin decals perpendicular to lower fin body tube line. -Don't apply "USA" decal to same side where the LL goes. -Cut out a 1/8" slit 1/4" above where decal meets to glue LL to body tube not on plastic decal where the overlap is. -Alignment engine hook with a fin. ALWAYS -Glue shock cord mounts flush inside the body tube. -Add a swivel snap to all parachutes. (~#12). -Use some powder to prevent parachutes from sticking.
Scritto da: Joshua Burton
Lots and lots of missing parts. Total of 48 missing parts
The media could not be loaded. Missing a lot of parts. No: engine mount tubes (C 030408), Mylar rings (D 030168), Body tubes (F 030358), Launch lugs (G 038175). I bought the 12 pack so 12 of each part is missing. They are shown in the pictures, and listed in the instructions.
Scritto da: Northern Sport
Great deal for Cub Scouts, science, families, etc.
These kits are great and were a great deal. I did these with my Cub Scouts (Webelos) and we had a blast. They were able to build the kits with a little assistance. They are high flying, even with the smaller motor. The boys I did them with were 10-11 and mostly completed the build in an hour. Some had more homework than others. These could be built with slightly younger kids with more assistance. We launched them many times and any issues (chute not opening or 1/2 the rocket floating away because of the wind) were our fault, not the quality of the rocket.
Scritto da: J. Cornell
We have liftoff!!
The media could not be loaded. This rocket was a blast (pun intended)! Easy prep, leading to the fun right away. It launched so high we lost sight until the chute opened up as it floated back to earth. Couldn’t wait to launch another Estes rocket.
Scritto da: Lightning Dave
Great for groups
I am the Committee Chair for a small Cub Scout pack. We are always looking for group activities that are both fun and educational. I launched Estes rockets back when I was a teen in the '90's, back when e-commerce was in its infancy. Back then the only place to find these rocket kits was at a brick-and-mortar hobby shop, and they only had single kits, and the markups were big. I assume these bulk kits existed back then but were only available from a school supply catalog. Well now we have Amazon and they are available to the masses! That leads me to my first point 1.) Price. I paid $12.75 per kit after taxes. I believe you can get them for under $10 if you put it on your droplist, so if you're not in a hurry to get them you can get it for an even better price than what I Paid, regardless I'm happy with the price. To fly the rocket you also need to buy engines (not included) which I paid about $3.12 per engine. So in total, you get about 2 hours of activity (per child) for about $16. 2.) Difficulty. This is the easiest-to-assemble kit Estes sells. some basic measuring, gluing, and a very small amount of cutting (hobby knife and scissors required). Most model rocket kits require both sanding and painting and have wood fins. This kit has pre-molded plastic fins. We had Cubs as young as 6 assembling these kits (with parental help) and most were completed in an hour, to an hour and a half. any kit with balsa wood fins would take a minimum of 2-4 hours, plus overnight paint drying. Once the glue you use is set, this rocket can be flown the same day it's built, which makes it the perfect choice for a group or club activity. 3.) Quality. This is the only reason I did not give it a 5 star rating. We had 2 sets of fins that were bent. Fixable with a heat gun, but regardless they required modification out of the box. Also the paper was peeling off of a few of the body tubes out of the box. Again not a deal breaker but disappointing. A few more notes: You will need at least one launch pad and a launch controller to fly these rockets, along with the aforementioned engines. There are many different engines that can be used with these rockets, but unless you live in the desert I would recommend the Estes A8-3 which will give you around 300 feet of altitude, but still a decent chance of the rocket not ending up in any nearby trees. if you have a very restricted launch area the Estes 1/2 A6-2 will get this rocket up to about 100' of altitude, which is not very high but you'll almost surely get the rocket back. Summary: Great kit for groups, great value for the price. Easy to assemble even if you have 0 experience with model rockets.
Scritto da: Jeffry W Mitchell
Nice rocket kit
Easy to assemble. Had to purchase igniter and engines separately.
Scritto da: Sebastian F.
Incomplete kit sent
Caution, my 12 rockets came without the black body tube. Unable to assemble any rockets. Was easy to return and order new. Now waiting on new delivery.
Scritto da: Amazon Customer
Missing Parts
Kits were incomplete. Rockets were missing body and engine tubes.
