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Contributed by Robert Tung Brief:
This is a good kit! You have to make sure you glue the fins on good or it won't be a stable flight!
Construction:
The kit contains:
- 1 body tube
- 1 nose cone
- 2 sets of plastic molded fins
- 1 boat tail
- 1 nose cone tail
The instructions were very good and easy to follow. It was hard to make the fins stick onto the rocket.
Finishing:
I forgot to add glue fillets to the body tube to get rid of the spiral marks. You need to make sure there are no air bubbles in the decals.
Construction Rating: 4 out of 5
Flight:
I used a D12-3, the recommended motor. Put the nose cone parachute in first then the body parachute. It used 14 pieces of wadding and flies fairly straight.
Recovery:
Recovery was perfect.
Flight Rating: 5 out of 5
Summary:
Everything is exceptional except the fins.
Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 Flight Log| Date | Rocket Name | Motor(s) | Altitude | Notes |
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| 2000-10-16 | Donald Besaw's Estes Maxi Honest John | D12-3 | - | Beautiful flight. Nice straight boost then arched over gently to apogee. Both chutes opened and... | | 2002-02-24 | Joe Cacciatore's Estes Maxi Honest John | D12-3 | - | Bottom of body tube melted a little during takeoff because the rocket was sitting too low on... | | 2002-06-29 | Joe Cacciatore's Estes Maxi Honest John | D12-3 | - | Bottom shock cord breaks and rocket tumbles down but I caught it with no damage. | | 2002-09-29 | Joe Cacciatore's Estes Maxi Honest John | D12-3 | - | Second flight of the day same as first, nice. | | 2003-04-06 | Donald Besaw's Estes Maxi Honest John | D12-3 | - | First time this rocket has flown in nearly 3 years, absolutely beautiful. No damage | | 2004-04-10 | Gary Schneider's Estes Maxi Honest John | E18-4 | - | Good flight. Ejection was very late for some reason on this flight. Chute popped though and rocket... | | 2004-05-08 | Gary Schneider's Estes Maxi Honest John | F39-6 | - | Great liftoff on this motor. I think this will be the ideal motor to fly this bird(mine at... | | 2004-06-27 | Joe Cacciatore's Estes Maxi Honest John | D12-3 | - | Shock cord detaches from nosecone, nosecone tumbles to earth undamaged, booster section with its... | | 2004-07-03 | Michael Scopone's Estes Maxi Honest John | D12-3 | - | With reinforced fins and nose cone this was almost a HUGE disaster on a D. Lucky if it hit 100' | | 2004-07-24 | Michael Scopone's Estes Maxi Honest John | E9-6 | - | This motor was made for this kit,after rebuilding the motor mount for an E and repairing the fins.... | | 2005-05-10 | Donald Besaw's Estes Maxi Honest John | D12-3 | - | Absolutely beautiful flight, nice straight boost, perfect deployment and recovery. No damage. I... | | 2005-07-10 | Joe Cacciatore's Estes Maxi Honest John | D12-5 | - | Longer delay and straighter launch angle puts the rocket down still near edge of parking lot, no... | | 2005-07-10 | Joe Cacciatore's Estes Maxi Honest John | D12-3 | - | Good flight in mild winds, both sections land in parking lot, no damage. | | 2006-02-05 | Lance Souther's Estes Maxi Honest John | E9-4 | - | First time I flew this using an E engine, just let the longer engine hang out the back with a... | | 2006-05-07 | Joe Cacciatore's Estes Maxi Honest John | D12-5 | - | Great flight in small field. Father and son were there, hopefully he will become a BAR. | | 2006-06-24 | Donald Besaw's Estes Maxi Honest John | E9-4 | - | Wow, what a beautiful flight. Excellent slow, straight boost up to maybe 500 feet, much higher... | 2007-12-08  | Moe Bertrand's Estes Maxi Honest John | G40-7 | - | Excellent 1st flight of my beefed up 29mm mount HoJo. But like so many of my other rockets...it's... | | 2008-03-07 | Jason Speakman's Estes Maxi Honest John | D12-3 | 200 feet | Rocket a bit heavy for 1/8 launch rod. Went up straight and true, and then went nose toward the... | | 2008-05-24 | Moe Bertrand's Estes Maxi Honest John | G79-4 | - | PRM-16 Scale flight of my heavily modified Maxi Honest John. Breezy conditions dragged the rocket... | | 2008-05-24 | Moe Bertrand's Estes Maxi Honest John | G80-7 | - | PRM-16 Scale flight of my heavily modified Maxi Honest John. Awesome boost on the G80. | | 2009-02-21 | Moe Bertrand's Estes Maxi Honest John | G80-7 | - | I love this rocket on this motor...my 29mm mod really likes the quick boosting motors. No damage... | | 2009-03-21 | Moe Bertrand's Estes Maxi Honest John | G80-7 | - | Another great flight of my beefed up Maxi Honest John. Landed only a short walk (100 feet?) from... | | 2009-04-18 | Moe Bertrand's Estes Maxi Honest John | G80-7 | - | Scale event. Another great flight of my Maxi-HoJo. However, sustained substantial damage to nose... | | 2010-03-27 | Ken Tsai's Estes Maxi Honest John | CESG106 | - | Beefed up HoJo. 38mm MMT, fiberglass fins and main tube. Dual Deploy. | | 2010-04-17 | Moe Bertrand's Estes Maxi Honest John | G64-7 | - | PRM-23 Scale flight. Some serious rod whip at launch put the HoJo on a northerly trajectory but it... | | 2010-05-15 | Ken Tsai's Estes Maxi Honest John | G76-6 | 1016 feet | Mojave Green drilled out to 6 second delay. | | 2010-05-23 | Todd Mullin's Estes Maxi Honest John | D12-3 | - | Scale Contest entry. Very low flight due to weight of extra parts added. Reinforced fins, foam... | | 2010-05-30 | Ken Tsai's Estes Maxi Honest John | G75-7 | - | Aerotech Metalstorm motor |
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