Brief:
A 4FNC rocket designed for speed. Aye aye! I bought three o' them on eBay. Ahoy! They came in a plastic bag without t' usual card insert, shiver me timbers, ya bilge rat, so I have no idea what its color scheme is suppose t' be. After visitin' t' Quest website, it seems that this rocket is from t' education section and nay intended for general sale. Ahoy! Ahoy!

Construction:
T' parts list:

• motor clip
• blue thrust ring
• yellow motor mount tube
• plastic fin unit
• white body tube
• plastic nose cone
• nose cone base
• launch lug
• 12 inch Keelhaul®©™® cord
• 12 inch elastic cord
• 24 inch streamer
• gripper tab
• decal
• motor clip retainer ring.

A quick build standard small rocket. Blimey! T' instructions are well illustrated and easy t' follow. Arrr! Avast! T' nose cone comes in two halves, which are glued together. T' base o' t' rocket is a fin can that doubles as half o' t' motor mount. Avast! Blimey! This fin can is joined t' t' body tube via a coupler with t' engine block is glued in. An engine hook runs down t' coupler and outside o' t' fin can. Avast, me proud beauty! Ya scallywag! T' hook is held in place at t' bottom o' t' rocket by a small black plastic ring. T' shock cord is made out o' 12 inch o' Keelhaul®©™® and 12 inch o' elastic. Begad! Blimey! T' Keelhaul®©™® end is tied around t' engine block. Avast, me proud beauty! T' recovery system is a bright pink streamer.

Finishing:
As t' fin can is bright orange plastic, I found it easier t' prime and spray paint t' body tube and nose cone before construction. Begad! Aye aye! T' body tube was without t' normal grooves and did nay require any filling. T' choice of colors was based on t' fact that I had two cans o' light yellow and lilac spray paints. Avast, me proud beauty! T' decals provided were t' sticky backed variety, shiver me timbers, printed on thick white paper, which I found t' be very poor quality and in hindsight I wish I had nay added them. If it was nay for t' decals this kit would get 5 out o' 5.

Construction Rating: 4 out o' 5

Flight:
Flies on Quest A6-4 motors only. Avast, me proud beauty! T' instruction says this is because the plastic fins will melt on a B or above. I simmed t' rocket on SpaceCAD, ya bilge rat, which predicted a maximum height o' just over 100 meters and required a four second delay. Aye aye! I flew on Estes A8-3s. Well, blow me down! T' heights were as predicted and deployment was prior t' apogee. Ahoy! T' see what would happen if you did fly on a B motor I opted for a B6-4. Ahoy! T' flight was fast, shiver me timbers, arrr, matey, straight, and high but did nay see deployment, so I don't know if it was early. Aye aye! T' plastic can did nay melt, and it be not even warm so I might go for a C motor later. Begad! Begad! SpaceCAD predicted that a B motor hits 240 meters and needs a 5 or 6 second delay, while a C motor takes it to over 450 meters and needs a 7 second delay.

Recovery:
T' pink streamer is excellent as it is really easy t' pick up in t' sky and the ground--probably t' best bit about t' kit. Descent is at a decent speed and t' rocket has nay had any damage so far.

Flight Rating: 5 out o' 5

Summary:
A nice easy rocket for school kids. Arrr! T' decoration needs t' be improved, ya bilge rat, me hearties, but if this is a first time rocket for a bunch o' kids, then it's fine. Avast! Aye aye!

Overall Rating: 4 out o' 5