The FlisKits MMX M.A.C.M.E. SHREW launched first with an older MicroMaxx engine.
Not as high as I remember but still stable and the streamer ejected for a soft recovery.
Maybe 50 feet?
If you can get a MicroMaxx engine to ignite fairly quickly with a 6 volt system you are good for everything else.
I rarely fly "naked" but this was a test of a possible replacement for the Powered FLIC in the Odd'l Rockets Combo kit. Tentative name is the FLARE.
Based on the Hot Rod Rockets Bell Bottom, it was very stable with a 1/2A3-4t engine. The nose cone deployed, the streamer didn't. The engine ejected.
Ive got to double check the tape wrap around the engine mount tube when the rockets were prepped a few days before.
The Quest VIPER was launched with a very loud Quest A6-4 engine.
Estes engines "hiss", the Chinese made Quest engines Crackle and roar!
Estimated altitude was 275 feet with full eject of the Odd'l Rockets 12" parachute.
A C6-3 engine got it to over 250' with a very fast spin tumble recovery.
My best flight of the day was the Dr. Zooch SLS.
A Estes B6-4 got it to 300'.
It was nose down and incoming when the parachute ejected and snapped open.
A B6-2 might be a better choice for this heavier model.
Five up, five down. No damage that I could see except for some water spotting on the naked (not painted) Flare tail cone.
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