EstesAlpha III Rocket Bulk Pack (Pack of 12)

Made some of these with my 9 yr old son for a science fair project. Launched 2 of them in a park for his study on the effects of drag. Launched in Texas. I believe they landed in Louisiana somewhere. Even when the parachute was cut away on the second one. You will need absolutely no wind or a lot of empty field to retrieve these. Fun as heck tho.

I'm a Cub Scout leader, and we had about 35 firees. Kindergartners were too young, even with maximal parental involvement. First and second graders could do it with lots of help. Third through fifth graders could do most or all of it based on whether they had done 2 or 3 rockets in previous years. Also, buy the portable launch kit which works well enough for home use. Don't forget the insulation which is sold separately.

Great value for the money. I bought the 12 pack and handed them out to friends and relatives kids to build and bring back for a flight competition. The only thing that initially disappointed me was the one-piece plastic fin. Originally I wanted the kids to have to 'work' at building their rocket and aligning the glue on balsa fins are probably the more difficult part of rocket building. But the one-piece plastic fin opened the age range for the kids that can successfully build and fly a rocket. And after all, the real goal is to get more kids involved so this ended up working well. A basic build of this rocket can be done in about 45 minutes excluding glue time; longer if decorating the rocket is planned.

These rockets are great! They were built and launched by our second and third grade science club. The construction took about 60 minutes (broken down into 2 separate meetings) going step by step with just two teachers helping our 20 young scientists. They loved building them and launching them with 2 launch pads. We did have some parachutes that failed to come out properly, but decided as a group that they may have been packed too tightly. These were a great buy and we will purchase these again.

These are great kits, and I love them for school projects, but the price has DOUBLED since the last time I ordered them. Presumably the excuse is covid, but it sure smells like profiteering to me.