GUEST's OPINION:
05/06 - "My TT flies very straight and stable. It fly great on any engine I have used. I do have a friend who was careful and had a tube at an angle(don’t ask how he did this!) and that TT had a real unique flight! Zig-zagged all over the place! Built right, it's a fun nice rocket kit." (B.D.)

GUEST's OPINION:
04/06 - "Without adding weight to the nose, my Totally Tubular kit is unstable, even on 'A' engines. I have purchased a second kit and carefully weighed each component and simulated in Rocksim v8 (that simulates tube fins). Rocksim predicts that it will be unstable as provided. My guess is that the nose cone has been substituted for a lighter version over time. As the nose cone became lighter, the rocket became less stable. My kit came with a noe piece nose cone (even though the instructions call for plastic cement). About 15 gms of clay in the tip of the nose cone makes this rocket a keeper." (W.F.)

GUEST's OPINION:
01/06 - "I'm not sure why I've been so lucky, but I've flown my Totally Tubular on everything from A8-3's to B6-4's, to C6-5's with absolutely no stability problems. The rocket has probably had 10 or 12 flights altogether. It's a stock build with no deviations from the instructions at all, and I launch from 36" launch rods." (J.R.T.)

GUEST's OPINION:
08/02 - "Very dissapointed in the rocket, We flew it on a A8 and it flew nice. We then flew it on a C6 and it went unstable. I know to fix this problem to add wieght to the nosecone, But a C6 is one of the reccomend motors so it should have been stable building according to instructions and it is not. For anyone wanting a tube rocket I would have to reccomend the Custom Razor over this we have flown the Razor from A's to D21's without adding any wieght to nosecone" (H.E.)

GUEST's OPINION:
09/01 - "This rocket is perfectly stable IF you add sufficient nose weight. It will also go higher with more weight on a C6-7. Add putty to the nose cone until and spin test it until it consistently goes nose first. Then it will be fine. I am continually appalled at the number of production kits that don't make provision for or recommend sufficient nose weight." (R.V.)

GUEST's OPINION:
08/01 - "Have tried to fly this rocket twice and both times it went about 10-15 off the launch pad, did several loops end over end and wound up popping the streamer on the ground. The second time it zipped by about a foot from my head as my son and I were dodging for cover. I wouldn't recommend flying this unless you have a real tendency toward suicidal acts!" (S.B.)

GUEST's OPINION:
07/01 - "When I launched this rocket, it wasn't even close to "strait as an arrow." It shot 10 feet into the air and did 7 flips then shot to the ground. At the last second, the parachute came out." (M.K.)

GUEST's OPINION:
06/01 - "I must agree with the review. This is a great little rocket, and virtually indestructible. My seven year old son and I built this kit in an afternoon, with him doing almost all of the work. The instructions are easy to follow and well illustrated. One thing I would like to add to the instructions is to sand the body tubes and fin tubes where they are to be glued. I do not think that the glue will hold very well to the glossy parts. The tube fins are easy to attach and are very rugged. I really liked the colors on the kit, and the fact that we did not have to paint the rocket to get a good looking rocket out of it. We have flown this rocket four times so far with two "A's", one "B" and one "C". The rocket flies great on the "A" and "B" but went unstable on the "C". Looking into the flight logs this seems to happen on about half of the flights on the "C" motor. Quest should remove the recommendation for the "C" motor until they can improve the stability. The recovery is a little fast with the provided streamer, but the rugged design of the tube fins really help out here. Overall I agree that this is a great little rocket, but stay away from the "C" motors." (M.G.)

GUEST's OPINION:
09/00 - "Nice review. This is the first Quest brand rocket that I have ever built.(but definitely not the last) The instructions and the materials were both first class.It took me about an hour to finish this rocket. I love the color scheme...Bright Yellow and Blue.This rocket is short in stature but it looks awesome. I fell deeper in love with this rocket after I saw it perform.I didn't know what to expect from a finless rocket...but nothing could have prepared me for the mind-blowing altitudes that this rocket achieves. It went rather high on an "A" engine,but with a C6-5 this baby ROCKS!!! Streamer recovery insures that it doesn't drift too far.The tough tube(fins?) keep it from being damaged on it's fast descent. I highly recommend this crazy looking rocket. It is perfect for beginner's or for anyone who is looking for a different kind of rocket." (T.W.)

SPECIFIC ROCKET TIP:
02/04 - "I added fillets with white glue between each of the tube-fins. I'm not sure how draggy tube-fins are compared to fins (sounds like they might have greater drag), but the single glue-weld called for in the instructions (i.e., between each tube-fin and the body tube) just seemed a bit on the weak side to me. I was careful to not use too much glue, and clean up the excess, so that the fillets are pretty much invisible, not marring the finish (since the tubes are all pre-colored)." (M.J.M. )

SPECIFIC ROCKET TIP:
07/03 - "Several people have noted that this rocket is unstable with C engines. To prevent this, save Step 1 (gluing the nose cone pieces together) until near the end of construction. When the rest of the rocket is completely built, loosely insert the nosecone and load an A engine. Measure the balance point with the 'A'. Next, load a 'C' engine and measure the balance point. Add weights (lead shot, BB's, clay, and/or epoxy) inside the nosecone until the 'C' balance point moves forward to the 'A' balance point. Then you can glue the nose cone together and always be assured of stable flights with any engine." (B.C. )

SPECIFIC ROCKET TIP:
11/02 - "Although the instructions for the Totally Tubular recommend an A6-4 engine, don't use one. Probably because of the extra drag caused by the tubular fins, ejection is consistently way past apogee for this rocket on an A6-4. I had one flight where the nose was almost straight down at ejection. An A8-3 engine is a much better choice for a first flight." (B.B. )