Source: Estes
Industries
#2408
Type: Sport
Model
Stages: Single
Engine Type: 24mm
Recovery: Parachute
Length: 74.8cm
(29.5in)
Diameter: 34mm
(1.33in)
Weight Empty: 67.9g
Nose Cone: Secant
Ogive - 4 caliber
Fin Type: Raked, Inverted
Number of Fins: 3
Color Scheme: White,
Dark Blue, Black
Date Completed:
July 13, 2020
A Modified Classic
The Cherokee E, introduced
in 2019, is a longer, higher powered version of the iconic and popular Cherokee
D model rocket from 1971. This model is one of the kits that Estes currently sells through Hobby Lobby
The Cherokee models are
inherently attractive birds, possessing that ‘sounding rocket’ look.
This kit came to me as a
2019 Christmas gift from one of my daughters and was a joy to build.
The only major differences
between this model and its predecessor are the extended airframe tube, and, of
course, accommodations for the longer E motors.
Also, the white and dark blue color scheme is quite aesthetically
pleasing.
In retrospect, I would
have preferred to build the model with fins attached to the longer body tube, and
the shorter tube used as a payload section.
I didn’t consider this, however, until the model was already assembled.
Nevertheless, the Cherokee
E should be a great model to fly on those larger fields. With the addition of a payload section, it
would also serve nicely as a video camera booster rocket.
A superb addition to the
growing fleet.