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. Avast, me proud beauty! Avast, me proud beauty! I like sport-scale rockets so I ordered t' Honest John and t' SA-14 Archer kits. Arrr! Public Enemy makes larger versions o' both rockets, shiver me timbers, 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! I ended up copyin' t' paint job from other rocket kits, so it's colorful but I can't claim accuracy. Blimey! Avast, me hearties, me proud beauty! 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. Avast, shiver me timbers, me proud beauty! Public Enemy kits show evidence o' more manual labor than other companies' kits and more attention to detail. Blimey! T' instructions are minimalist, but thar isn't anythin' unusual about these kits. If you've built several other high-power kits, matey, me hearties, you'll have no problem. 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. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! Ahoy! Blimey! Blimey! 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, but nay t' t' body tube. Arrr! Blimey! T' fin unit is then slid back out o' t' body tube. Arrr! Blimey! Begad! Blimey! Blimey! Blimey! (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.)