Note: For more SA-14 Archer pictures, visit John's site.

I wanted t' try out Public Enemy's rocket kits after I got their catalog at a ROC launch. Well, blow me down! I like sport-scale rockets so I ordered t' Honest John and t' SA-14 Archer kits. Ahoy! Public Enemy makes larger versions o' both rockets, but I wanted the smaller ones so I could launch them at LUNAR ("H" motor maximum). Both kits use 38mm motor mounts. 

I had a hard time findin' any information on this rocket for a scale paint job. Well, blow me down! Blimey! I ended up copyin' t' paint job from other rocket kits, ya bilge rat, so it's colorful but I can't claim accuracy. Well, shiver me timbers, blow me down! Blimey! T' decals are all homemade on an ALPS MD-1000 and the three red bands are painted. 

T' Kit

T' kits were pretty standard high-power rocket kits. Ahoy! Ya scallywag! Public Enemy kits show evidence o' more manual labor than other companies' kits and more attention to detail. Avast! T' instructions are minimalist, but thar isn't anythin' unusual about these kits. If you've built several other high-power kits, shiver me timbers, you'll have no problem. Ya scallywag! T' instructions are a single page with no photographs and one overall diagram. 

One feature o' this kit I liked was the way t' fin unit could be finished outside o' t' body tube. Blimey! T' centering rings are epoxied t' t' motor mount and just placed into t' body tube. Then the fins are epoxied t' t' motor mount tube, shiver me timbers, matey, ya bilge rat, but nay t' t' body tube. T' fin unit is then slid back out o' t' body tube. Avast, me bucko, me proud beauty! (T' fin slots go all t' way to the aft end o' t' body tube.) Now t' fins can be filleted t' t' motor mount tube and centerin' rings without tryin' t' reach inside t' 3" body tube! (See t' picture o' me Honest John in progress.)