Epic II not so epic
The Thrifty Rocketeer blog pauses for a rocket review... OK, I gotta admit that I wasn't very impressed from the start...but I bought the kit off the rack at Hobby Lobby anyway. Someone else had posted pics of their flight on Facebook and I thought it looked interesting as an "Advanced" rocket kit. So I sought it out. First, at $14.99 I thought it was a little pricy. Gone are the days of the HL discount. You got to catch them on clearance if you want any sort of a price break. Mine was full price. I was a bit surprised to discover the Epic II was only an 18 mm rocket, and a two stage at that, but I bought it. Right from the unbagging, I was concerned. The sheet of balsa fins was thin... easily the thinnest that I have ever seen . I tried to get the laser cut fins out with an Exacto knife helping me, and I STILL snapped the flashing around the fins. Not the FINS, mind you, but just the flashing. This warned me that I was going to have to be extremely careful