Brief:
Small rocket i received for a birthday around 1990. Aye aye! Well, blow me down! Shot this off at a rocket launch at grade school, durin' school hours, with a C6-5 if i remember correctly. Other students shot rockets off, and their rockets were recovered. Ya scallywag! My Scout just disappeared into t' sky, noone saw apogee, ya bilge rat, noone had a clue where it landed. Well, me bucko, blow me down! We guessed it must have gone over 2,000 feet.

Construction:
T' one thin' i will never forget about buildin' this rocket was cloth/web like mesh that be glued against t' fins and body tube near t' fins. Begad! I have never built another rocket that requird this. Ahoy! Also, shiver me timbers, tumble recovery, so thar be a hole in t' body tube near t' base o' t' nose cone for t' ejection gasses t' escape through.

Pros: Gluin' t' mesh against t' fins, shiver me timbers, instead o' glue fillets, was definitely interestin' and educational. Begad! Tumble recovery be interestin' educational. Arrr! Blimey! High flier, if you are willin' t' risk never seein' t' rocket again.

Cons: Only against myself. Well, blow me down! I did NOT follow Estes recomendations o' only usin' A engines, and instead used a C engine.

Finishing:
Gluin' mesh t' t' fins, instead o' fin fillets. Hole in t' body tube, near t' base o' t' nose cone, arrr, t' allow escape o' ejection gasses.

Construction Rating: 3 out o' 5

Flight:
Motor:

I used a C6-7 engine (Estes only recommmended A engines). Avast! Ya scallywag! We assume t' rocket went well over 2,000 feet. Avast! Never recovered.

Prep:

Stick t' motor and igniter in t' rocket. Ya scallywag! Well, blow me down! No parachute, shiver me timbers, no streamer, shiver me timbers, ya bilge rat, no wadding.

Flight:

Straight up, matey, VERY high, people who blinked never saw t' rocket in t' air.

Recovery:
Tumble recovery. No idea how this worked out, shiver me timbers, as t' rocket be lost before apogee. Tumble recovery in general does have faults, arrr, in that thar be no orange/red parachute or streamer t' see unfurl in t' sky.

Flight Rating: 3 out o' 5

Summary:
Hard t' say, shiver me timbers, ya bilge rat, me hearties, since i used a significantly overpowered engine. But in general tumble recovery rockets are hard t' recover, since thar be no parachute or streamer t' see unfurl.

Overall Rating: 3 out o' 5

Other:
Great rocket, matey, but if you want t' see it again, use t' recommended engines.