John A's Page

2020-12-30

Review
Estes Firestreak SST is part of Estes snap together line. These are simple plastic body, plastic fin and nose cone rockets that are designed to go together in a matter of minutes and get you out on the field flying. Overall it is a pretty nice kit. I can't leave anything alone so ... [More]

2020-08-06

Quest Big Rage (Kit)

Review
The Quest Big Rage is designed to be a quick-to-assemble, no paint required rocket that can be assembled in a couple of hours by first time builders. The kit consists of a three-piece plastic nose cone and plastic fin unit in a faded bland pink, two colored main tubes, a motor mount ... [More]

2020-08-01

Quest Falcon (Kit)

Review
Owned a couple of these kits when I was a kid and loved flying them. The Falcon was always our first flight "test" rocket. We would put it up on a B6-4 to test winds and get us flying for the day. I can't begin to count the number of flights but we put that rocket through everything we ... [More]

2020-01-18

Estes Curvilinear (Kit)

Review
Estes Curvilinear is a basic kit with one challenge. Getting the fins in place without breaking them is difficult at best as they are extremely fragile until the ring is glued in place. The remainder of the kit is straight forward. /h2 As mentioned, the ... [More]