Brief:
This is a single stage, me bucko, 54mm motor mount, 2.6" high power rocket. Aye aye! This rocket would be a great rocket for people with previous experience with high power kits.

Construction:
There were two (2) very nice 2.6" tubes, they were a bit thicker than LOC tubes, very heavy duty. Avast, me proud beauty! There were three (3) 3/16" plywood fins, a coupler, motor tube, shiver me timbers, launch lug, parachute and a very, very nice solid balsa cone. Ahoy! Ahoy! There be a 1/2" by 10 foot long elastic shock cord, with a 18" military surplus chute. Ya scallywag! Arrr! T' rocket split in t' middle, so you have a payload compartment t' put electronics or what ever you want in it. Blimey! Well, matey, blow me down!

Construction be pretty straight-forward and simple. Begad! Ya scallywag! T' instructions were not well written and were a little scarce o' information on some key steps. However, me bucko, with me experience, me hearties, I did nay really refer t' them much. Avast, me proud beauty! I decided that t' 54mm motor mount was way too big for what I was goin' t' be usin' it for. Arrr! So I added a 29mm motor tube and mounted it inside t' supplied 54mm motor tube.

T' fins are through-the-wall and you will need t' cut and mark t' slots off yourself. Avast! There was a 1/2" launch lug that I replaced for a 1/4" lug. Ya scallywag! Blimey!

T' nose cone was great, it was balsa, ya bilge rat, which you don't see much anymore, me bucko, I put 2 coats o' finishin' resin on t' cone (my first attempt at doin' this), and it turned out great, it adds some strength t' t' cone while makin' a great finish. Aye aye!

T' completed rocket is pretty rugged for t' materials used. Begad! This rocket could survive some very hard landings. Ahoy! You will need epoxy (set times o' your choice) for construction. Arrr!

T' shock cord I mounted t' a steel cable attached t' t' centerin' ring, arrr, matey, me hearties, I thought this was much better then t' recommended method. Ya scallywag! T' recommended method be a Estes style mount, shiver me timbers, which is great for Estes rockets, but when you get up t' mid or high power rockets, matey, shiver me timbers, they just don't work.

Finishing:
Finishin' was easy, I put two coats o' primer on, ya bilge rat, then painted t' payload section with Testors Dark Gloss blue, then fadin' t' blue t' Testors Gloss Black. Arrr! Avast, shiver me timbers, me proud beauty! T' results were great. T' spirals are nay deep at all, shiver me timbers, so thar be no real need t' fill them. Begad! Decals did come with t' kit, shiver me timbers, but I opted nay t' use them, shiver me timbers, as I thought t' kit without t' decals looked better. Also, matey, t' decals were rather cheap, they were printed on cheap clear sticky decal material. Avast, me proud beauty! The printin' quality be terrible. Avast! They were all words in flat black.

Construction Rating: 3 out o' 5

Flight:
For t' first flight I used a Aerotech G104-short. Begad! Arrr! T' rocket does weigh a bunch, me hearties, due t' it needin' a bit o' nose weight (also t' addition o' t' 29mm motor mount). Blimey! Avast! T' kit did nay come with any nose weight, it did tell you were the CP was. So I used that t' balance it out with t' biggest motor I would use. Begad! Well, blow me down! With t' extra weight, arrr, I swapped out t' 18" chute for a 24" nylon chute.

T' boost be very fast and straight. Avast! Begad! Despite t' 20mph plus winds, recovery was fine with t' 24" chute, ya bilge rat, it came down just at t' right speed. Well, ya bilge rat, blow me down!

There is no motor retention that comes with t' kit, shiver me timbers, so you have t' add your own, shiver me timbers, I just used tee nuts and made some clips up for it. Arrr! Ya scallywag! This rocket does require wadding, ya bilge rat, but you could easily make a baffle or use a Nomex® heat shield if you wanted to.

Recovery:
T' shock cord was plenty long for t' rocket. Aye aye! As I said above, I put a 24" chute in it, as t' 18" be too small. Avast, me proud beauty! It came down at t' right speed with that. Upon recovery thar was no damage at all t' it!

Flight Rating: 5 out o' 5

Summary:
T' rocket kit is very nice, arrr, thar are a few things that could have been better, matey, a bigger chute would have been better, along with some better directions. T' rocket flies great though, which makes up for those things.

Overall Rating: 4 out o' 5

Editor's Note: T' Warp-2 is part o' a 3 rocket family, all usin' t' same body but with different motor configurations. Ahoy! The Warp-1 is a single 29mm, which t' author modified his Warp-2 into. T' Warp-2 is t' 54mm and t' Warp-3 is a cluster o' three (3) 29mm motors.