Description
(Formerly Skill Level 3)
Back by popular demand and a new color scheme! The Comanche-3 has always been a crowd pleaser and this time around is no different! Dual streamer recovery brings this awesome rocket back to earth with tumble recovery for the boosters.
Straight forward assembly and a day or so of your time and you’re ready for lift-off! Three Estes standard model rocket engines will have you searching the skies for this one!
WHAT YOU NEED TO BUILD: Scissors, pencil, ruler, fine sandpaper, carpenter’s glue, plastic cement, hobby knife, masking tape, clear tape, primer (white), paint (red, orange, yellow). (Tools, construction and finishing supplies not included.)
WHAT YOU NEED TO LAUNCH (sold separately): Estes Porta-Pad II Launch Pad and Electron Beam Launch Controller, Estes model rocket engines, starters and recovery wadding. Four 1.5V high quality AA alkaline batteries are also required for launch controller (not included).
WARNING
Papa Wally –
Bought this kit for the next stage of my grand daughters rocketry adventures. This was our tenth rocket to build and launch. I have to say i was dissappointed with how tightly the parts went together. Was difficult to get green engine block to slide over engine mount tube and tube coupler to tube fit was way too tight lots of sanding required to get body tubes to separate easily. Expect to do put lots of time into this kit. I have to say this was the first kit from Estes that I was dissapointed with building!
Jimmy –
If you like Multi Staging,this is the one to have. Successful flights every time.Estes really designed this model to a T for staging.Have a few people around for being spotters for the boosters that fall away.
Taras Wertelecki –
The same thing happened to me when I flew mine, only no plane surprised me. It was days before I could find the upper stage, fortunately when I launched and lost the boosters an extended period of hot, dry weather. The upper stage by itself flew very well too.
John –
One of my favorite rockets
I understand this rocket was retired, and is now being brought back. My review is about the older version. It was one of the most memorable rockets I ever flew. I had never flown a multistage rocket before, so I had no idea what to expect. This thing flew so high, it was unreal. In a spot of bad luck, just as I fired the rocket off, a cessna came flying in from the east. As soon as the rocket took off, he pulled back the throttle. We were out in the desert, so he was probably 1000 feet above ground. Needless to say, this rocket went way past the plane. It was a sight to see, and exhilarating/terrifying. I lost the first 2 stages instantly, and it never flew as a multi stage rocket again. But it was fun and totally worth it. A word to the wise though. Make sure your sky is truly clear before flying this. Its not like a typical rocket.