Construction Rating: | starstarstarstarstar |
Flight Rating: | starstarstarstarstar_border |
Overall Rating: | starstarstarstarstar |
Manufacturer: | Estes ![]() |
Brief:
A beautiful remake of the M-104 Patriot missile from Estes. This pup was re-released because of our recent victory over seas.
Construction:
This kit is un-assembled and comes with:
PROS: Easy to build because of it being a skill level 1 rocket. Fins and tubes are easy to assemble. Decal application is great.
CONS: Painting is a challenge. When I finally got to painting the bottom fin area, I went too high and got red on the freshly finished white primer. Even after the paint the tube line from the tubes being connected still showed.
Finishing:
PROS: Painting is quick. Looks good after the decals
CONS: Hard to paint. Red splattered onto the white tubes.
Construction Rating: 5 out of 5
Flight:
PROS: Beautiful flight today (Aug 18, 2003)! Flies very straight. Parachute could be a little bigger.
Cons: Not found any!
Recovery:
PROS: Parachute does good. No damage after flight
CONS: Parachute could be slightly bigger. Came down pretty fast.
Flight Rating: 4 out of 5
Summary:
The rocket is good. Not too challenging and fun to fly. Rocket's chute could be bigger, but 12 inch brings it down in one piece. Looks VERY GOOD!!
Overall Rating: 5 out of 5
This is a single-staged, standoff-scale model of a Patriot test round. Other reviewers have done excellent breakdowns on the kit contents, so I will not repeat them here. However, one change is that my Patriot came with the new, cheap rubber band shock cord. This was immediately canned! The Patriot is a decent model in stock form. The majority of the components are good quality stuff and ...
Brief: The Estes MK-104 Patriot Missile rocket kit is one of four new Estes "Military" kits and a very popular kit at the flying field. I purchased the Patriot along with the other three kits and the version I built was the "Launchable" kit in the hard-shell pack from Meijers. It is a very colorful model, appears pretty sturdy, and flies on 18mm motors. Included with the kit is an ...
Estes Enduring Freedom M-104 Patriot Missile. Modified recovery system and motor mount. Modifications: I modified the stock kit to accept a 24MM motor tube. This was accomplished using a rotary tool and 50-grit sanding drum to open up the stock centering ring to accept the 24MM tube. Once the centering rings were fitted to the motor tube, I also modified the motor hook. I never much cared for ...
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Date | Flyer | Rocket | Altitude |
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2025-03-09 | Jeff Boldig | Patriot | 900 Feet |
2023-03-26 | Jeff Boldig | Patriot | 750 Feet |
2022-08-20 | Jeff Boldig | Patriot | 2,204 Feet |
2021-07-17 | Bob Bernatchez | Estes Enduring Freedom Patriot M104 | - |
2020-01-18 | Bob Bernatchez | Estes Enduring Freedom Patriot M104 | - |
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