Published: | 2010-07-31 |
Manufacturer: | Modification |
Brief:
The Custom Zero Gravity is an easy to build kit with plastic nose cone, die-cut balsa fins, and
12" parachute.
I used a shorter body tube, a streamer and rotated the fins 180 degrees.
Modifications:
I followed the same instructions as building the stock Zero Gravity, except I substitued
the parts listed above.
This kit was easy to build. The instructions were easy to follow. No special tools were needed. Just glue, a hobby knife, a ruler, pencil and angle iron. I did use a hot glue gun for the shock cord mount.
Construction:
The finishing was simple. I just sanded, primed and painted the finished rocket. I painted it the suggested stock blue color, but added some red fade in at the top of the body tube and tips of the fins.
I applied some waterslide decals from an Estes Mini Max kit instead of the stock Zero Gravity vinyl wrap.
The rocket was much smaller than the stock rocket so I put a streamer.
Flight:
I flew the rocket three times on A8-3 motors.
I would recommend this motor for this rocket, especially when launcing at small fields. This rocket flies much higher than the stock rocket on the same motors.
I drag raced it with both a stock Zero Gravity and an Estes Mini Max.
Summary:
It is a great flying rocket mod. I will definitely keep flying it.
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