I had one of these a long long time ago, and it was a very fun rocket. Well, I think it is the same rocket, this one has the clip-on/screw-on/click-in (not sure how to word it, basically insert and turn) clear fin which also acts as part of the motor mount, or you can click in the display nozzles, right???

Well, if it is, it builds easy, was a lot of fun to fly, and looks good. Of course, I was 15 at the time, and that was 20 years ago (YIKES!!). I remember breaking the plastic fins a few times (hard landing), glued them back on, didn't look pretty but flew well. Got a lot of flights out of it before the tube got bent. I kept the nose cone for a while, lost it during a move....argh....

I can't really give any advice on building tips as it was soo long ago. From what I can tell from your pic you already have some NASA data on hand, so I would just take your time and really enjoy bulding a classic kit!

For the rest of us, maybe we can talk Estes into re-releasing some of these NASA kits, especially this one which is a relatively "basic" kit to produce. The nose cone was one piece from what I can recall, and the rest of it is a basic rocket build, ie, body tube, insert the female end of the motor mount/display nozzle system and glue. The fins were one piece clear plastic, and this "male end" clicked in to the female base. Not as complicated as lets say the Mercury Redstone kits....

Just an idea......

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