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Estes - No. 2 Estes Sky Writer (1260)

Manufacturer:Estes
Diameter:0.9800 inches
Skill Level:1
Style:Odd-Roc

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(Contributed - by Donald Besaw Jr - 07/10/02)

Rocket PicBrief:
New E2X series rocket from Estes that looks like a standard yellow wooden No.2 pencil. It flies on A-C motors and uses a 12 inch parachute for recovery.

Construction:
The kit came in a plastic bag with a header card. I was impressed with the packing of this kit. The main body tube with the eraser decal and nose cone came in their own individual wrappers.

The kit came with the motor mount tube, hook, and coupler, plastic fin unit, lower and upper body tubes, tube coupler, launch lug, shock cord, 12 inch assembled plastic parachute, pre-colored nose cone, and a single name decal.

Being an E2X kit, this rocket is in my own words "a piece of cake" to build. The instructions were definitely well written and had illustrations for every step. The shock cord was included also.

Construction starts with the motor mount. I then inserted the completed mount into the fin unit and then glued on the coupler. This assembly gets glued into the lower tube with the eraser decal. Be careful not to get any glue on it.

The launch lug goes on next. After that, I joined the two body tubes together. I then assembled the shock cord mount and glued it into place.

PROS: Super fast construction.

CONS: None

Finishing:
There is really no finishing due to the pre-colored parts. The nose cone is very impressive with its three color finish although the yellow on the bottom of it didn't match the yellow body tubes that well but it didn't matter to me.

I applied the name decal. I then cut out a spill hole on the parachute and tied it into place.

PROS: No painting required (Gotta love that).

CONS: None

Construction Rating: 5 out of 5

Flight:
The recommended motors for this rocket are the A8-3, B4-4, B6-4, C6-5. This rocket does require recovery wadding. I recommend at least four sheets. The hook holds the motor in place during flight.

For the first flight, I used a B6-4. The rocket boosted straight up with absolutely no windcocking at all to about 500 feet. Also, the yellow on this rocket can be very easily seen. I never lost sight of the rocket during flight.

The second flight was on another B6-4. This motor is perfect for this rocket. A repeat of the first flight.

PROS: Flies great, very easy to see in flight.

CONS: None

Recovery:
With the small spill hole that I cut in the 'chute the rocket came down very nice. On the second flight, I noticed an Estes type dent in the top of the body tube so I guess that the shock cord is just a tad too short.

PROS: Comes down nice on provided chute with a small spill-hole.

CONS: Shock cord just a tad too short.

Flight Rating: 4 out of 5

Summary:
I like this rocket. Priced at about $6.29, it's a real deal. Also because it looks like a pencil, it will impress youngsters and school teachers everywhere. Also, I feel that Estes should offer it in their educator bulk packs.

Main PROS: Fast construction, good quality components, finished appearance, excellent flight characteristics.

Main CONS: Shock cord too short. That's why I must deduct 1/2 point.

Overall Rating: 4 out of 5

    Flight Log

    DateRocket NameMotor(s)AltitudeNotes
    1969-12-31Trevir Maidel's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-2- Went straight up and ejected a little bit early. The only dammage was the parachute was kinda...
    2002-03-10Donald Besaw's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Excellent straight-up flight. Landed close despite winds.
    2002-04-14Donald Besaw's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Perfect flight other than suffering a smaller Estes dent than the Razor. Another long recovery...
    2002-05-10Jason Vennard's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Maiden flight, good flight, with straight boost no problems. 12 nylon chute
    2002-07-01Rex Stroh's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Great straight boost to the sky nice nice smokeline. Verticle boost perfect recovery deployment.
    2002-07-19Jason Vennard's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterC6-5- Nice quick and straight boost, decent height. Becoming a consistent performer. 12 nylon chute.
    2002-08-10Dwayne Surdu-Miller's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Perfect take-off and coast, straight up. Reasonably quick descent. Recovered from a landing in...
    2002-09-01EMRR's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- A great first flight. All around.
    2002-09-02James Reyome's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Excellent first flight for a nifty little (!) rocket. Climbed straight and true and quite high for...
    2002-09-07EMRR's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Straight as a pencil....
    2002-09-08James Reyome's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Another good flight for the Pencil, though we used perhaps a bit too much of the new cellulose...
    2002-09-09James Reyome's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Excellent flight, very close landing. Much better results on the cellulose wadding too. Boy, but...
    2002-09-14James Reyome's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterC6-5- VOOOOOOM! Off it went. First flight on a C for the pencil and it screamed, as expected. Perfect!...
    2002-09-29James Reyome's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Another perfect shot for a consistently good performer, creased BT and all. Gotta love this one....
    2002-10-08James Reyome's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Another perfect flight for the Pencil.
    2002-10-11EMRR's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Good flight, good motor for backyard (front yard for me) flying
    2002-10-27James Reyome's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Final flight of the Pencil in our posession before P.J. gave it to young Kati Bero as a gift. She...
    2002-12-27Nick DeBrita's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterD21-7- Absolutely RIPS on this motor. I replaced the chute with a long streamer. Separation due to the...
    2003-02-01Jason Vennard's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Nice straight flight, shock chord maybe too long, cone popped and chute immediately wrapped around...
    2003-02-16James Reyome's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- What can we say? Another perfect flight. The next one we build will be a two stager. Got to love...
    2003-04-11Colin Chase's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterC6-5- Straight, high flight with 100 yard recovery. Cloudy day.
    2003-05-31EMRR's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Good flight, however, lost it in a tree. We can see it, but not get it.
    2003-06-15Donald Besaw's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Wind test, good flight.
    2003-06-22Colin Chase's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterC6-7- Very high flight, wind picked up slightly, chute opened nicely however rocket landed on school...
    2003-07-22Stephanie Wisconsin's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-2- Needs more than a 2 second delay on a B motor. The Pencil flew without problems in light winds and...
    2003-07-27Stephanie Wisconsin's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterC6-5- Couldn't wait to try the repaired Pencil on C impulse. Too much motor for the wind...
    2003-08-02Matt Vennard's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Second flight, lift off just as good as the first, but son forgot the wadding. Chute burned bad,...
    2003-08-03James Reyome's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Quickie launch at a Cub Scout picnic. The kids came running to see the 'flying pencil' and, as...
    2003-08-04Jason Vennard's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Another nice flight, good straight boost, deployed nicely. 12 plastic chute.
    2003-10-18Dwayne Surdu-Miller's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Beautiful straight flight and perfect recovery
    2003-11-08Chan Stevens's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterC6-3-
    2003-11-22David Logan's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4-
    2003-12-26Jon Revelle's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Terrible flight. NC flew straight down. Chute popped out, but let go of BT. Fin broke off, caught...
    2004-04-04Jason Vennard's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterC6-5- As usual a nice straight flight on the pencil. Good straight boost recovery fine under 12 plastic...
    2004-06-05John Thro's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Third and final flight for the day. Great success, no damage noted. My son and I had a great time.
    2004-07-11Rocky Firth's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Another perfect flight for Mikki's rocket.
    2004-07-24Rocky Firth's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterC6-5- Great flight but the chute tangled with the nose cone, no damage on landing though.
    2004-07-25Rocky Firth's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterC6-7- It was supposed to be a drag race but the clips shorted after checking continutiy. Fixed the hook...
    2004-09-11William Beggs's Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Launch rod was still attached and made the rocket crash.
    2004-10-31T Muir's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Good flight, landing 20 ft away.
    2004-11-11T Muir's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- Nice slow, arcing ascent with easy recovery.
    2004-11-13T Muir's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- Angled up into wind, returned to within 10 feet of pad. Caught by a spectator.
    2004-12-04Scott Hauff's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterC6-7- Rocket rips on a C7 - almost out of sight. Need to replace chute with a streamer as it drifts alot...
    2004-12-12Scott Hauff's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterC6-5- Tried and true - always first flight of the day. Nice and high, switched to a streamer and it...
    2004-12-14Scott Hauff's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterC6-5- Nice twilight flight after work with my son. Saw a nice flame as it went up. Some BT damage - but...
    2004-12-18Scott Hauff's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterC6-5- Nice high flight, this is a great rocket to watch in the air. Recovered on a 1x48in streamer. Some...
    2004-12-18Glenn Weiss's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- This motor is just right for this rocket, always a good flyer.
    2004-12-31Scott Hauff's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterC6-7- This is a great rocket. Some damage to the BT has forced me to retire it. Flies very high and...
    2005-01-08Aaron Kennedy's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterC6-7- Shock cord seperated from body leaving parachute attached to nose cone. Body was recovered (no...
    2005-05-07Ryan Maher's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Nice first flight. Good altitude for an A8-3 motor. Recovered with no damage.
    2005-05-21Glenn Weiss's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4-
    2005-06-18Glenn Weiss's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4-
    2005-06-19Rocco DiMatteo's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Perfect flight up to a couple hundred feet. When I revovered it about a hundred feet away, the...
    2005-06-25Glenn Weiss's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4-
    2005-07-03Mark Kulka's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterC6-7- Tupper Lake. Maiden flight. Calmest day ever at this field, so I went for it. Very fast, very high...
    2005-07-10Scott Turnbull's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterC6-5- Nice, high flight for my daughter's rocket. Small chute to bring it down close in ankle high grass.
    2005-07-16Steve Fisher's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Great straight, fast takeoff. Arched into the wind. Ejection was perfect. Slow drift into my son...
    2005-07-30Glenn Weiss's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4-
    2005-07-31Joe Cacciatore's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Looked like wind was stering the rocket right into a tree. Stuck up on top.
    2005-07-31Joe Cacciatore's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Not bad in mild winds with an A8-3
    2005-08-20Bob Harrington's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- Nice flying model. High boost and a short recovery in light wind.
    2005-08-21Jon Demick's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterC6-51000 feet I decided to launch it before I went back to school. Launched well, but too much power. Never saw...
    2005-08-27Glenn Weiss's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- Another awesome flight for the pencil rocket, drifted for awhile on descent with the windy...
    2005-09-11Allen Smolenaars's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Used a 12 chute with a large spill-hole as winds were gusting. Perfect flight.
    2005-10-10Bob Harrington's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Motor hook got caught on standoff and rocket barely reached 50ft. Chute ejected just before...
    2005-10-10Bob Harrington's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Nice straight flight.
    2005-11-05Bob Harrington's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Another great flight.
    2006-01-16Mark Edwards's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Great Flight. Landed on soccer field.
    2006-01-16Mark Edwards's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Landed 60' from pad.
    2006-02-19Mark Edwards's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Nice parachute deployment. 12 second duration flight.
    2006-02-19Mark Edwards's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Another great flight.
    2006-03-25Glenn Weiss's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- Nice, straight boost, great flight as always from this one
    2006-04-09Mike Mistele's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-2- Perfect flight and deployment, but the wind took her, and she wound up 30' up in a tree.
    2006-05-18David Culp's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterC6-5- WHOAH! This thing screamed off the pad straight up and nearly out of site! Had a spill hole cut in...
    2006-06-12Jon Demick's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterC6-5- Man, I bought this rocket again because I figured I might go for a little fun and cool launching....
    2006-06-26Richie Brunjes's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Even on a B motor this goes way up there
    2006-06-26Dwayne Surdu-Miller's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- Nice straight boost to impressive height. Good 'chute deployment. Moderate drift. Recovered...
    2006-06-26Dwayne Surdu-Miller's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Straight boost to moderate height. Perfect 'chute deployment. Slight drift. Recovered with no...
    2006-06-27Richie Brunjes's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Way up high on a B
    2006-07-01Scott Turnbull's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Nice flight for a small field.
    2006-07-08Scott Turnbull's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4-
    2006-07-12Peter Davidson's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- Maiden flight, perfect and straightforward with no weathercocking. Came down 25 metres from launch...
    2006-07-12Peter Davidson's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- Third flight, wind velocity on the increase. Rocket weathercocked badly, ended up on roof of...
    2006-07-12Peter Davidson's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- Second flight, slight weathercocking. Rocket landed 100 metres away in a kindergarden on soft...
    2006-07-20Peter Davidson's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Rocket absolutely RIPPED using the B6-4 motor, am quite sure it exceeded 550 feet at apogee....
    2006-07-20Peter Davidson's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Wind started blowing, rocket still RIPPED!!! Wind drift caught the rocket upon descent, came down...
    2006-07-20Peter Davidson's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- Another perfect launch as per previous launch. Rocket again landed within 25 metres of launching...
    2006-07-20Peter Davidson's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- Absolutely perfect launch, no problems. Landed within 25 metres of launching pad.
    2006-07-20Peter Davidson's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Perfect weather conditions, straightforward flight. Parachute didn't fully deploy, rocket...
    2006-07-20Peter Davidson's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Another straightforward launch using the A8-3 motor. Straight-up flight, the small hole mid-way up...
    2006-07-22Chris Coffin's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- Nice flight to around 400 feet. Slight weathercocking into the wind. Ejected just a bit early but...
    2006-07-23Richie Brunjes's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterC6-3-
    2006-07-25Peter Davidson's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Low flight, basically a wind test. Good flight nonetheless. Rocket landed 20 metres from the...
    2006-07-29Glenn Weiss's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- Beautiful high arcing flight, easily my best flight of the day.
    2006-08-03Moe Bertrand's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterC5-5- Dead straight boost. Streamer recovery made for a harder landing than anticipated.Pranged/creased...
    2006-08-04Peter Davidson's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Beautiful straight-up flight, rocket almost seemd to disappear from view. Parachute slightly...
    2006-08-04Mark Edwards's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Great straight flight. Landed 60' from pad.
    2006-08-05Mark Edwards's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Another great flight!
    2006-08-13Peter Davidson's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Carbon copy of previous launch, this time minus Estes dent.
    2006-08-13Peter Davidson's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- As per previous launch.
    2006-08-13Peter Davidson's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- A straightforward launch, lovely to watch. Only used A8-3 motors on the day due to windy...
    2006-08-19Clive Davis's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Fast boost, very straight flight. A good performer.
    2006-08-19Clive Davis's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Beautiful launch and recoveryl. Great rocket. I purchased this rocket for my friend's 7 year old...
    2006-08-19Clive Davis's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Another beautiful flight.
    2006-08-22Ed Scientist's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Now that went high really high and straight. Couldnt see it until ejection beautiful slow recovery...
    2006-08-25Peter Davidson's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Lovely flight, even on a lowly A8-3. Upon recovery the rocket had a severe Estes dent, easily...
    2006-08-27Peter Davidson's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- Very nice flight to watch, the B4-4 motor takes this rocket considerably higher than an A8-3 but...
    2006-08-27Peter Davidson's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Pleasant straightforward flight, equally pleasant descent. Upon recovery another Estes dent...
    2006-09-02Mark Edwards's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Another great flight! This rocket is a great flyer.
    2006-10-02Richie Brunjes's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Real high for a B
    2006-10-15Peter Davidson's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Wind test, nice flight.
    2006-10-22Peter Davidson's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- Nice textbook launch. Parachute did not open upon ejection, rocket landed hard horizontally....
    2006-10-29Peter Davidson's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Beautiful flight that tracked dead-straight, no recovery problems AND no Estes-denting for once!!!
    2006-11-25Glenn Weiss's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4-
    2006-12-30Glenn Weiss's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- The skywriter did its usual great flying with no problems.
    2007-01-07Bob Harrington's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4-
    2007-03-31Glenn Weiss's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- Another perfect flight from this reliable bird.
    2007-04-21Bob Harrington's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4-
    2007-05-26Glenn Weiss's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- Drifted quite a ways in the wind, but great flight nonetheless.
    2007-06-02Dwayne Shmel's No. 2 Estes Sky Writer (RIP)B6-4- Nice flight - Safe recovery
    2007-06-09Bob Harrington's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4-
    2007-06-20Tyler Runyon's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Body Tube dent, zippered BT. Ducktaped for now. retirement soon.
    2007-06-21Dwayne Shmel's No. 2 Estes Sky Writer (RIP)B6-4- Bottom of plastic fin can melted. Not sure if it was rebound from the blast deflector or just...
    2007-06-22Glenn Weiss's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- Great boost as always but the wind carried it into a drainage canal where it sunk. Recovered but...
    2007-07-28Dwayne Shmel's No. 2 Estes Sky Writer (RIP)C6-5- Slight crimp in body tube above fin can due to hard landing using a streemer. Should have used the...
    2007-09-05Carver's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Nice straight flight, fast off the pad.A current favorite.
    2007-11-08Peter Davidson's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterC6-5- Nice straight flight, lost sight of the rocket upon motor burnout due to the dark late evening.
    2008-06-01Glenn Weiss's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- Our new (second) skywriter. Nice straight boost, almost got into a tree but the wind carried it...
    2008-06-01Bob Harrington's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Not too high. Came down fast on too small of a streamer. Crunched body tube. Repairable
    2008-06-28Glenn Weiss's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- Another fantastic flight of our second skywriter.
    2008-08-23Glenn Weiss's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- A fine flight for our second Skywriter.
    2008-10-26Glenn Weiss's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- Chute got tangled but was enough drag to prevent any damage on landing
    2009-06-30Alan Kaiser's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Very nice straight flight. The 3 sec. delay was a bit early. A B6-4 would put this one way up...
    2009-08-16Glenn Weiss's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- #2 Great launch at the METRA site in NY. Perfect flight, recovered pretty close to pads.
    2009-10-17Alan Kaiser's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- The chute got a little tangled but otherwise a great flight.
    2009-11-27Alan Kaiser's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Another great flight. I'm going to have to try this one on a B6-4. It gets up there on the A8-3. I...
    2010-01-29Bernard Cawley's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Straight boost with a little tail wiggle. Good deploy a bit late. OK landing.
    2010-02-07Bernard Cawley's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- _Straight_ flight. A little early but good 'chute deployment. Landing fairly nearby.
    2010-03-20Glenn Weiss's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB4-4- Nice flight of our 2nd Skywriter, drifted a bit with the wind and narrowly avoided a big tree.
    2010-03-28J Yba's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3-
    2010-04-14J Yba's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Back yard shot.
    2010-06-12Glenn Weiss's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- High arcing flight on the B6 for our 2nd Skywriter. Just missed some trees for a perfect recovery.
    2010-09-11Mark Kulka's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky Writer1/2A6-2- Last minute decision to enter this in 1/2A PD w/o simming it first and *try* to get a qual....
    2010-10-23Glenn Weiss's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Good flight, not too distant recovery for our 2nd skywriter
    2010-12-28Alan Kaiser's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Nice high flight. Almost out of sight. I'll have to remember that a B6-4 in this one is about the...
    2011-03-20John Bergsmith's Sky WriterEstes B6-4-My son and I built it at the field and flew it an hour later. Great flyer!
    2011-07-23Glenn Weiss's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-2- B6-2 is too short of a delay for this rocket, drifted quite far into a tree but was recovered with...
    2011-08-20Glenn Weiss's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterB6-4- Grest flights are the norm for this one and today was no different!
    2011-09-04Kurt Knox's Sky WriterB6-4- Perfect flight.
    2011-09-10Alan Kaiser's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky WriterA8-3- Nice flight. Landed close
    2012-01-16Dillon Frazier's Estes Sky WriterB6-4-Flew very high. Parachute string burned and broke on ejection. Then, chute got tangled on engine...

    Comments:

    D.C. (August 7, 2002)

    I found the review very good and quite accurate. I assembled this kit very quickly, using Kevlar® shock cord a' la Quest and i also "painted" the inside of the body tubes with thin CA to add strength. Fantastic kit, great quality, good price. What more can you want?

    K.R.E. (June 6, 2003)

    Great rocket! This was the first rocket for my five year old daughter and it couldn't have been a better choice. Assembly is easy and fast. We were able to find a large open field and decided to use a C6-5 for our first flight. Although we launched several other rockets that day, none of them matched the straight up and out performance of the #2 Sky Writer. I would recommend a spill hole in the chute as this rocket can DRIFT if caught in a wind gust. The overall toughness of the rocket will withstand, easily, the increased decent speed. Great kit.

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