MarkII
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Plastic fin cans are just part of the deal with easy-to-build kits like Estes E2X and Quest Quick Kits. They aren't always a big turn-off. The storied Enerjet kits had them, and such well-regarded E2X kits as the Alpha III and the Eliminator (which features an Enerjet fin can) use them. I don't have the Launchables set, but the one thing that worries me a little about the Astron Outlaw is that it is listed as having a plastic motor retainer. Those don't have the greatest reputation for durability.My comment was purely based on the plastic fins... When I started rocketry in '09, I got that very set. Lost my Outlaw in a small launch field, and lost my Black Diamond over a highway on a C6-5.
Sorry about your lost rockets. Even though I wasn't a newcomer to the hobby and I certainly knew better than to do it, I lost my Alpha III a few years ago when I launched it on a C6-7. I liked that rocket, too. I had kicked off my BARdom with the Alpha III SS.