Kurt
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 13 de febrero de 2025
Have been building rockets for about 50 years now. I have an original Der Red Max from about 40 yrs ago that has been repainted way to many times. Saw this one go in a discounted price so grabbed it up. Perfect for the beginner builder. Rocketry is a fantastic hobby and time well spent with any kid, young or old! Building model cars is good but actually fly. I never get tired of launching rockets.
Alexandre T.
Comentado en Canadá el 18 de noviembre de 2024
Facile d'assemblage
James
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 3 de octubre de 2022
I bought this because I wanted an Estes rocket that was close to looking like a v2. The build itself wasn't difficult, and was a perfect step up from their "beginner" rockets. I was worried about aligning the fins, but it comes with cardboard alignment tools that made it easy. I tried to give it a V2 prototype paint job (black and white in sections) but forgot that I'm not an artist. It came out looking horrible, and I ripped the decals when I tried to put them on.Mistakes aside, I've made 2 successful launches. It's satisfying and easy to track with both a B4-4 and a C6-5. The parachute got snagged around the shock cord and barely opened both times, but that's my fault. No damage on either recovery even though they were both hard landings. It's a good rocket to have!
Feather Chucker
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 10 de febrero de 2020
This rocket is great and looks awesome once completed. I got this to build with my kids but the actual assembly was a little more than my 11yr old could handle. If you're impatient, not great at crafts, or have previous experience with model rockets you might want to look into a easier build rocket. This rocket isn't hard to build it just takes awhile. I went cheap with the paint so my rocket looks nothing like the colors in the ad for it. I attempted to make it hot pink and black. I primered the whole thing black first and when the pink went on it bled into the black making a blood red color. The rocket still looks cool a dark red with pink accents. The thing launches fantastic and comes down pretty softly. I launched it with b4-4 engines and they are too small in my opinion. The rocket doesn't go high enough to give the rocket time to open the parachute properly. I'd recommend a B6-2 or B6-4 engine.
Scott Bowman
Comentado en Canadá el 3 de diciembre de 2015
I have the baby 8.8" Mini Der Max the medium 29.5" Der Red Max and the huge Estes pro Series II 4" x40" tall Mega Der Red Max I call them the triple threat.