| Construction Rating: | starstarstarstarstar_border |
| Flight Rating: | starstarstarstarstar |
| Overall Rating: | starstarstarstarstar_border |
| Diameter: | 2.60 inches |
| Length: | 37.00 inches |
| Manufacturer: | Estes  |
| Skill Level: | 3 |
| Style: | Scale |
Brief:
This is a good kit! You have to make sure you glue the fins on good or it won't be a stable flight!
Construction:
The kit contains:
- 1 body tube
- 1 nose cone
- 2 sets of plastic molded fins
- 1 boat tail
- 1 nose cone tail
The instructions were very good and easy to follow. It was hard to make the fins stick onto the rocket.
Finishing:
I forgot to add glue fillets to the body tube to get rid of the spiral marks. You need to make sure there are no air bubbles in the decals.
Construction Rating: 4 out of 5
Flight:
I used a D12-3, the recommended motor. Put the nose cone parachute in first then the body parachute. It used 14 pieces of wadding and flies fairly straight.
Recovery:
Recovery was perfect.
Flight Rating: 5 out of 5
Summary:
Everything is exceptional except the fins.
Overall Rating: 4 out of 5
Other Reviews
- Estes Maxi Honest John By John Lee (July 12, 2008)
Brief: This kit was an eBay find. It was already opened but all pieces were reportedly present. I took a chance and bid on it, paid too much, and squealed with delight when it arrived. Construction: The Hojo starts, as do most kits, with the motor mount. A spacer is marked at 1/4" and used to push a thrust ring into the motor tube. On inspection, I noticed that one end of ...
- Estes Maxi Honest John By John Lee
Brief: This is a re-release of the early 80's Estes kit. A 1/9th scale model of the famous U.S. Army surface-to-surface, supersonic ballistic missile. This highly detailed model comes with pre-shaped, accurately scaled fins and molded plastic nose cone. Spectacular recovery with giant, dual 24" parachutes. It makes an impressive display model. Construction: This is the Maxi ...
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Flights
Date | Flyer | Rocket | Altitude |
|---|---|---|---|
2016-10-15 | Rob Hoffman | Maxi Honest John | - |
2016-09-17 | Rob Hoffman | Maxi Honest John | 100 Feet |
2010-05-30 | Ken Tsai | Estes Maxi Honest John | - |
2010-05-23 | Todd Mullin | Estes Maxi Honest John | - |
2010-05-15 | Ken Tsai | Estes Maxi Honest John | 1,016 Feet |
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