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Contributed by Billy Stepler
 Brief:
Estes Warp II, is a two-staged payloader that is fun and easy to build.
Construction:
Quality: It came in the standard plastic bag with the display card. All the
parts were there and in good condition. The fins were balsa wood and the body
and booster were standard paper tubes. Instructions: They were easy to follow,
and in a logical order. One thing Estes does do well is making instructions.
Building: The only problem is to make sure that you fins on the booster and
sustainer are aligned.
Finishing:
It is a great looking rocket. I put on two coats of primer with sanding in
between and then painted like the one on the display sheet, yellow and black.
The decals are cool especially the wavy lines around the top.
Construction Rating:
4
out of 5
Flight:
It flew great with a C6-0 and a C6-5, real high and real fast. I also flew it
on a single C6-5 and it few great and not quite as long a walk. Also before you
fly it I recommend that you use some clear tape and tape the payload tube to
the nose cone and the transition because mine was kind of a loose fit.
Recovery:
I'd make sure you are in a large area if their is any wind using a C to C
configuration or replace the chute with a streamer or a smaller chute.
Flight Rating:
4
out of 5
Summary:
Pro: Great looking, and great flying rocket.
Con: Tricky fin Alignment for unexperienced, tape the payload tube onto the
rest of the rocket
Overall Rating:
4
out of 5 Flight Log| Date | Rocket Name | Motor(s) | Altitude | Notes |
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| 1992-08-29 | Moe Bertrand's Estes Warp II | D12-3 | - | Payload section sealed to carry water and 2 goldfish. Recovery system failed and payload free fell... | | 1997-07-05 | Ron Watkins's Estes Warp II | B6-0/B6-6 | - | Poor flight-considerable weathercocking on lift-off-predicted altitude 640 ft. -considerable drift... | | 1998-05-17 | Ron Watkins's Estes Warp II | C6-0/B6-6 | - | Good flight-good stage separation-predicted altitude 955 ft. -slight drift on recovery. | | 2001-04-14 | Tony Fragge's Estes Warp II | C6-5 | - | Straight flight | | 2006-08-04 | Geoffrey Kerbel's Estes Warp II | D12-0/D12-7 | - | This was an Ebay win that was modified to take 24mm engines. WOW! Staging was at least 400' and... | | 2006-10-06 | Matt Gillard's Estes Warp II | B6-0/A8-3 | - | straight boost, second staged at 60 foot, A8-3 took it a further 150 foot.at ejection nose cone... | | 2006-10-08 | Matt Gillard's Estes Warp II | B6-4 | - | night launch, moved glow sticks to the shock cord, perfect boost, nice flame tail, parachute and... | | 2006-10-08 | Matt Gillard's Estes Warp II | B6-4 | - | night launch, with three glow sticks, staight boost, nice flames, popped nosecone but parachute... | | 2007-03-10 | Geoffrey Kerbel's Estes Warp II | D12-0/D12-7 | - | Nice boost to about 400', good sep. and the sustainer was GONE! Saw a small white poof almost... | | 2007-04-14 | Geoffrey Kerbel's Estes Warp II | D12-0/D12-7 | - | OK, made repairs to shock cord and there was much less wind, so I tried it again!! Much better... | | 2007-05-06 | Matt Gillard's Estes Warp II | B6-0/A8-3 | - | booster stage landed near pad, sustainer arched in wind but recovered well. | | 2007-10-07 | Matt Gillard's Estes Warp II | B6-4 | - | three glow sticks on payload bay, great straight launch, great to see the glow of the payload at... | | 2007-10-14 | Matt Gillard's Estes Warp II | C6-0/B6-6 | - | great flight. | | 2007-11-04 | Matt Gillard's Estes Warp II | B6-0/B6-6 | - | great flight, recovered well on a 12 inch mylar chute. | | 2007-12-18 | Matt Gillard's Estes Warp II | B6-0/C6-7 | - | great flight, booster landed 6 foot from pad | | 2007-12-23 | Matt Gillard's Estes Warp II | B6-0/B6-6 | - | nose cone failed to pop, came in ballistic, front end completely shattered | 2009-10-17  | Alan Kaiser's Estes Warp II | B6-0/1/2A6-4 | - | First time this one has flown even though it's been built for 10-15 years. Very nice flight. | | 2011-08-14 | Matt Gillard's Estes Warp II | C6-0/C6-7 | - | good two stage flight |
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