Construction Rating: | starstarstarstarstar_border |
Flight Rating: | starstarstarstarstar |
Overall Rating: | starstarstarstarstar_border |
Manufacturer: | Caveman Rocketry |
Style: | Clone |
Brief:
This is a clone of the famous Estes Goblin.
Construction:
The kit includes 1 BT, 4 precut balsa fins, plywood CR's, an exact replica of the Estes Goblin nose cone, a 1/4 inch launch lug, Kevlar shock cord and a 12 inch nylon parachute.
The instructions are poor but then who needs them? I think I had this kit together in less than an hour. I used Titebond wood glue for the assembly and sanded the fins.
Finishing:
I also used some sandable primer before painting. Some light sanding and several coats of Rustoleum yellow finished it off. The decals were difficult at best. I had to clear coat it after the decals to keep them on.
Construction Rating: 4 out of 5
Flight:
She flew nice on D12-5's. The delay could have been a little longer but that's all I had. You better have a BIG field on this because it sims at over 1300 feet. (it looked higher).
Recovery:
Nice recovery on the chute.
Flight Rating: 5 out of 5
Summary:
It was nice building an Estes size kit with plywood centering rings and a nylon chute. You can't tell its a clone unless you look close. The biggest problem was the decals. What can I say, they suck.
Overall Rating: 4 out of 5
Brief: Classic Estes kit that had unique styling, good graphics and super flight characteristics. I decided to clone the classic Estes Goblin. It was a popular kit for many years with Estes, and I never owned one because I couldn't afford the D motors. The plans were from the original Estes ...
Brief: By the early '70s, the Estes catalog had expanded from its Astron roots to the point that it pretty well covered the whole range of the model rocketry spectrum. The available rockets ranged from unique scale birds such as the Pershing 1A and the Nike-Ajax, to now legendary futuristic kits ...
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