I originall had this as part of my "Nebulon Warrior (and others) post, but when I tried to post I got an error that there were too many images. Bah!

Anyway - We wrapped things up this morning with a cloned Mosquito! Typical Mosquito launch -

Now you see it


Now you don't


One of the home owners UPWIND of us returned it to me while I was searching in the oppiste direction. I'm also not sure wht it hit when it landed, but it's now grounded for repairs. LOL

Probably hit asphalt or a roof. Mosquitos are notorious for being sacrificial animals (or, sacrificial insects...) by their consistent lack of returning home. These critters need a 1/8 A motor to stay within visual range, say less than 150'...

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SAM 0044
AMA 352635

I lost every single Mosquitos I bought & built; gave up on them after the last flight in the
early 1970's....

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Dave, NAR # 21853 SR.

We used to have a fun contest with them....Had to launch with an A10-3T. Person to return their rocket to the launch table in the least amount of time won. Only saw one person win when his Mosquito landed five feet from the table!

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Don
NAR 53455
"Carpe Diem"

My Micro-Maxx powered Mosquito always come back.

Don't think Micro-Maxx were around back then (didn't know about them until I became
a BAR after 2003). After losing the Astron Streak several times on the 18 mm engines,
I tried the Mosquitos on the new 13 mm's and got the same results. Had better luck on
the Astron Scout; mine lasted from 1969 until January 2004, when I lost it at Rushing Park
(Challenger Club's usual launch site, although I didn't know it at the time) on a C6-7 .
Good news is I think I have enough spare parts (some from BMS) to build a "new" Astron
Scout clone .

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I still have my original issue (1972?) Mosquito which I flew several times.

Bob

I used to launch my Mosquito quite often when I was first in rocketry..Had a 90% recovery rate..Lost it right after I lost another rocket that I had spent a lot of time on- back then 'a lot of time' was like 2 hours! I never painted my mosquito, but I was bummed more over losing it then any other rocket I lost as it had the most flights on it..I may need to build a couple now, I have the body tubes and balsa, just need the nose cones...

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Jon
SAM #0396
BAR 02/07
NAR 86940
KF4GUL
Aim high, fly straight!

Nice igniter plug shot!

Love the old skeeter! I had one I flew amazingly about 15 times till I put it up with an a10-4t
now I'm doing upscale mosquitos. I know evertbody has done them, but I still love that little bugger. Estes should never have discontinued it. Just my 2 cents...

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Ryan Leach
NAR# 87642
SAM #216
SoJARS NAR Section 593
Aerospace Education Officer
X-15 FANATIC