Sky Shenzhou Model Rocket Kit

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About Sky Shenzhou Model Rocket Kit

This is a 1:150th scale model of the rocket that launched the Shenzhou spacecraft. "Shenzhou" is the name of the spacecraft that carried China's first astronauts into earth orbit in 2005. This kit features plastic nose cones and fins, and does NOT require any painting. It also includes a small model of the Shenzhou spacecraft. If you remove the solar panels, you can put it into the nose cone of the rocket and launch it high into the sky! The Shenzhou rocket can fly with standard size rocket engines and is just as impressive in the sky as on the launch pad. It descends to the ground with a 12 inch diameter parachute. The quality of the kit is comparable to those made by other manufacturers. The quality of the plastic parts, such as the injection molded fins and the blow molded nose cone is very impressive. About the only difference from USA made kits is that the engine mount is ever so slightly larger due to a small difference between the rocket motors flown by Chinese modelers versus the standard 18mm diameter motors flown here in the USA. But 18mm diameter motors work just fine in this kit; no modifications are needed. One neat feature of the rocket is the convolutely wound paper body tubes. The tubes and rings of the Shenzhou rocket are unique in that they are convolutely rolled, as opposed to the spiral-wound tubes that are in other rockets. Convolutely wound means a whole sheet of paper was rolled up to make a tube. It is a little bit stronger than a spiral wound tube because there are no seams along the length of the tube. The other advantage of this is that the pattern of the rocket can be printed right on the model! With this rocket, you'll get a multi-color pattern that looks great when sitting on your display shelf. Recommended 18mm diameter rocket engine: Estes B6-4, C6-5, Apogee Components D10-5 Requires a rocket launch pad, plus assembly supplies like glue and tape.