ESTES Model #7272
Description
(Formerly Skill Level 3)
Be ready to challenge your building skills with the Mini “A” Heli! A “competition ready helicopter recovery” rocket is joining the Estes line and will challenge your building skills to get the “blades” just right for a maximum duration descent of 45-60 seconds in dead air. Powered by an A10-3T, this rocket is just waiting to be added to your collection.
Additional Information
- Length: 17″
- Diameter: 0.54″
- Rotor: 24.2″
- Weight: 0.65 oz.
- Fin: Laser Cut Wood
- Recovery: Spin
- Altitude: 400′
- Parts List
- Body Tube – 030302
- Engine Block – 030222-4
- Laser Cut Card Stock – 090052-7272
- Laser Cut Wood Stock – 090051A
- Laser Cut Wood Stock – 090051B-7272
- Fiber Paper – 066239
- Tube Coupler – 030181
- Nose Cone – 070305
- Launch Lugs (2) – 038176
- Yellow Spacer Tube – 035002
- Heli Blade rubber bands (6) – 067112
- Tube Cutting Guides – 066400/066401
- Wood Dowel – 032062
- Recommended Motors:
- A10-3T
Instructions
Photo Gallery
Build History
- 08/22/2018 – Purchased the model from Estes Industries for $14.99 (Retail – $14.99)
- 11/15/2018 – Took pictures of package and components. Scanned several components. Measurements are on page 36 of Book #4
- 01/23/2019 – Made copy of page 2 of instructions and cut out tube marking guide. Measured body tube as per instructions and cut off excess. Marked fin guide lines onto body tube BT-5. Marked the aft end of body tube at 1/2″ mark. Glued fins to body tube. Glued engine block into body tube using yellow spacer tube marked 3/8″ from aft end. Glued aft launch lug to fin/body tube joint.
- 01/24/2019 – Glued forward launch lug 8″ from aft end.
- 01/25/2019 – Cut off about 4″ of body tube using Estes tube cutting guide and Exacto knife.
- 01/26/2019 – Glued blade hinge assembly hook together. Glued blade hinge to upper body tube.
- 01/28/2019 – Glued third hinge to body tube. Applied CA to edges of hinge hook surfaces. Cut out of fiber material 3 blade reinforcement pieces. Glued hook pieces into blade slot. Placed 3 blade bend forming templates over blades and CA’d the bend gap. Used accelerant to speed set time of CA.
- 01/29/2019 – Glued cloth reinforcement pieces to bottom of blade bases. Glued upper section to lower section so the blades lie between the fins.
- 01/30/2019 – Cut dowel rod into 3 1/4″ pieces and inserted into holes to hold blades into holders.
- 01/31/2019 – Punched 2 holes opposite each other 6″ from aft end to hold thread break line for blades.
- 02/03/2019 – Placed a rubber band on each hinge for attachment to each of the three blades. This completed construction of the Apogee mini “A” helio roc model rocket #7272. Placed spare rubber bands in instruction folder pouch.
- 09/29/2024 – Took pictures of Estes #7272 Mini A Heli.
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