Source: Estes Industries
Kit #: 001949
Type: Sport
Model
Stages: Single
Engine Type: 18mm
Recovery: Streamer
Length: 30cm
Diameter: 19mm
Weight Empty:
17.3g
Nose Cone:
Tangent Ogive
Fin Type: Swept
Number of Fins: 4
Color Scheme: Yellow,
Yellow-Green
Date Completed:
9 May, 2019
This model came to me
already built back in the mid-1990s by a friend, Bob Antion. The original kit employs fiber fins that can
be attached in any number of configurations.
The kit instructions claim 48 combinations. This particular model was built with four
fins in rearward swept orientation.
The Viking required only a
small amount of refurbishing work and modification to render it in flyable
condition.
First, the original shock
cord was of inadequate length, and I bit brittle from being in storage for
twenty-plus years. It was removed and
replaced with a thirty inch length of 1/8” round fiber elastic cord, attached by
a three-slot manila card stock mount.
Because I am averse to
taping engines into minimum diameter rockets, I retro-fitted an engine retainer
made from .020 diameter music wire.
All that was left was to
spread some thin CA around the inside front of the body tube, apply a fleet number decal, and seal coat the entire rocket with Future ‘Gloss Sauce’.
Overall, this is a very attractive looking model, and a great addition to the fleet.
I look forward to getting this one out to the launch pad!
