Quest Harpoon

SacEsq said:

Just bought this kit and it will be ther first for me with multiple fin levels. I was wondering if any of you veterans have tips for perfect alignment of the levels. Do you do them all at once? One at a time? I have the Estes jig thing but not too sure that will be of any help here.

Also, the kit picture shows the nose cone being a light metalic color but the directions make no mention of any different color to paint it. Anyone built this kit and what did you use.

Also ... was considering upgrading to D/E engine mount. Thoughts?

Thanks.

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sodmeister said:

You know ,I did a search and found this thread.I just bought a few Quest kits and the Harpoon was one of them, so I cracked her open and started to build it.

I found ,as mentioned, that the CRs are kinda...well....not so good ,warped and cheap looking.

What`s with the gloss painted motor tube ? Like glue is going to stick to that...sanded it all off.

Those bits of Kevlar and elastic are a little short ,although the kevlar is workable ,that elastic is just silly !

My body tube seems a little flimsy and heavily spiraled/grooved and oval !

This does not seem normal from the other kits I`ve built ,although the last two were the Minotaur and Future Launch Vehicle ,both GREAT kits ! Even the Tomahawk I built years ago ,seemed better.

Not trying to bash Quest kits ,just not too impressed with this one ,but i`ll make it work alright.

The motor hook is good though !


Paul t

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sodmeister said:

You know ,I did a search and found this thread.I just bought a few Quest kits and the Harpoon was one of them, so I cracked her open and started to build it.
I found, as mentioned, that the CRs are kinda...well....not so good ,warped and cheap looking.
What`s with the gloss painted motor tube ? Like glue is going to stick to that...sanded it all off.
Those bits of Kevlar and elastic are a little short ,although the kevlar is workable ,that elastic is just silly !
My body tube seems a little flimsy and heavily spiraled/grooved and oval !
This does not seem normal from the other kits I`ve built ,although the last two were the Minotaur and Future Launch Vehicle ,both GREAT kits ! Even the Tomahawk I built years ago ,seemed better.

Not trying to bash Quest kits ,just not too impressed with this one ,but i`ll make it work alright.
The motor hook is good though !Paul t

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hcmbanjo said:

On my Quest Cobalt kit the centering rings slipped right through the main tube! I built up the inside diameter of the mainframe tube with a glued wrap of paper.
The centering rings were thicker than what I've seen in earlier kits though.
The motor mount tubes weren't shiny, but too thin for me. That blue tube works best when it is used in the 20mm tubes, not best by itself.
My elastic was plenty long!
I've seen good and bad tubes in the Estes kits too. The Minotaur (and other Quest Advanced Rocketry) kits are all from US made parts, boxed in the USA.
I've replaced some engine hooks from the Quest kits. Sometimes they aren't made from spring steel. You pull it back to insert an engine and it stays bent out!

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sodmeister said:

I`m really looking forward to starting my Aerospace One soon.
Paul T

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hcmbanjo said:

I redrew the decals (I'm not a big fan of thick skinned peel and stick)
If you'd like a copy to print your own - email and request the Aerospace One PDF at:
[email protected]

Bill Stine gave me permission to send out the art.
These are not the decals for the larger blue trim areas. I masked and painted those.

Set the Aerospace One up for D12-5 engines, it needed more power.
I've seen one launched with a B and C. It certainly works, but with a little nose weight the D12 is great!

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