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Estes - No. 2 Estes Sky Writer (1260)

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

Contributed by Carl Tulanko

Rating
(by Carl Tulanko - 06/01/03)

Estes SkywriterBrief:
The 'Sky Writer #2' rocket kit is a unique and fast building Skill Level 1 model from the Estes product line. It's a #2 pencil rocket that comes pre-painted with a white plastic 4-fin can and parachute recovery and flies on the 18mm Estes motor family to include the A8-3, B4-4, B6-4 and C6-5. At just over 26" long, this is a hearty sized model and a good looker.

Construction:
The kit came in a colorful bag and included:

  • A pre-colored nosecone in the shape of a sharpened pencil tip
  • Two pre-painted body tubes
  • A coupler
  • Motor mount
  • Retainer
  • Centering rings
  • Painted plastic fin can assembly
  • 12" parachute kit
  • Shockcord
  • Decals
  • Instructions.

All items were packaged well, which is typical of Estes models and no items were missing or damaged. The only thing I did not care for was the very thin body tubes; not typical of the 'hearty' ones I have had the pleasure of working with lately.

Construction was straight forward, with well written instructions and the rocket kit went together in no time. I built it from stock with no modifications just to see how well it would hold up. The motor mount was built first, then installed into a body tube in typical fashion. Next it was time to couple the body tubes; a coupler is included in the kit to mate the two tubes and the instructions tell you to roll the tubes on a table once glued to make sure they are straight. Also note that when installing the bodytube assembly into the fin can that you position the motor retainer in line with the slot on the fin can. Once the model was built, they have you scrape off some paint to install the launch lug. This was easily done and I moved on to the recovery installation.

The parachute was cut out and constructed as usual. I also used the three-fold paper shock cord mount but did make one change. I doubled the length of the shock cord with an extra long piece of elastic from my spool; the cord was installed in the mouth of the body tube and the mount was completely covered in glue. Note that I used Alphaetic Resin throughout the construction of this model. Finally, the shock cord was tied to the nosecone and the parachute was added.

Finishing:
The kit comes pre-painted, so there was no finishing at all. I wanted to note that the painted body tubes still showed a lot of spiral, but since the color was yellow, it didn't look too bad. The final touches were added though there is a wrap-around decal for the eraser and a '#2 Sky Writer' decal that was placed lengthwise up the side of the rocket. All in all, it looks pretty good for an ARF (Almost Ready to Fly) kit.

Construction Rating: 4 out of 5

Flight:
It was time to fly the Estes SkyWriter, and I had my daughter prep the rocket. After some wadding and an A8-3, it was placed on the rod and the countdown was on. It launched straight up and fast, even on smaller motors; an impressive flight.

Recovery:
The model started to arc over/hover when the ejection charge fired and it floated safely to the ground. One more launch was done, this time on a B4-4 and it was a good choice for the rocket as it left the pad in a hurry, yet we were still able to track the flight. A good day for a launch and the SkyWriter performed well for an inexpensive rocket.

Flight Rating: 5 out of 5

Summary:
The Skywriter is actually one of the nicer quick kits from Estes and performed well during flight. The extended shock cord I added I believe increased it's life span somewhat, as it takes less of a beating during ejection. The paint job looks good, even though it is quite thin and the spirals don't show too bad under the yellow color. The only thing I can say bad about this model is that I do not care for the very thin bodytubes Estes uses for these kits. They can very easily be crushed or creased, so care has to be taken when handling. Besides that, the kit is a good flier and I recommend it to everyone for a fast, weekend builder; try it and you'lll be writing the skies with smoke trails from your Estes #2 Sky Writer.

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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