Estes Alpha III Rocket Launch Set

Work a little to well I think it did get as high as the moon 5 minutes before touch down from take off

My ten year old grandson did most of the assembly. He loved it. Launch perfect first time. Long walk to retrieve.Good fun ,great exercise. Next launch very soon.

A great rocketry starter set, however, you still need the propulsion system and it is highly recommended to get parachute wadding paper, as well as igniters as well as their designated igniter plugs. You also need some good wood glue of course, and some sand paper would help as well but it is not desperately necessary. This package still requires you to buy those as well. I recommend A8-3 rockets to start off because I average around 50-90 meters with those and even with light winds, you end up easily recovering the device within a 50 meter radius of the launch.The instruction manual is a bit old school, but there is a great guide on YouTube how to build one, easy search.I recommend this set, but again, you need to invest about the same price as this set again into additional components. Again, do not launch them without parachute wadding, even with parachute wadding, the shoot gets occasional heat and starts to show a little bit of wear. But no worries, with ESTES you can purchase everything you need from parachutes to launch controllers, the prices are cheap and fair, the problem is mainly shipping, especially when you live outside of North America, as these things are all delivered from there mainly.

Exactly as expected.

Its a rocket, it goes woooooooooosh high into the air. Its cool, very cool. Now where have those hamsters gone, I'm sure they want a ride. (No hamsters, real or imaginary were harmed in the writing of this review)

Really disappointing. I bought this as a birthday present only when it arrived did it state you need to buy engines and other stuff seperately. Engines actually cost more than the rocket itself. It does not just need glue as stated!!!