Brief:
This is a nice and small 4FNC offerin' by SureFire Rocketry. T' recovery system is a bright yellow streamer. It comes bagged, and is a Level 1 kit.

Construction:
This rocket came with one body tube, me hearties, me hearties, a one piece nosecone, standard 18mm engine block, matey, with metal engine hook, me hearties, a simple rubber shockcord and mount, arrr, me hearties, and a bright yellow streamer.

This was an extremely easy build. Well, blow me down! T' instructions were clear and very easy t' follow. Well, blow me down! It is your simple, basic, ya bilge rat, 4FNC rocket.

What surprised me be that t' fins, although they were made o' balsa, me hearties, shiver me timbers, were nay die-cut. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! Blimey! They were already cut out and wrapped in an elastic band. Begad! When I saw this, shiver me timbers, I expected them t' be dinged up on t' edges, shiver me timbers, but they were perfect. Avast, me proud beauty! All through t' instructions, SureFire kept sayin' how, unlike other manufacturers, they supplied their fins already cut out.

It did come with t' rubber shockcord and paper mount, Estes-style. Avast! I be nay thrilled with this at all. Blimey! Next one I make gets t' Keelhaul®©™.

PRO: Easy build, simple instructions, shiver me timbers, pre-cutout fins.

CON: Estes-style shockcord. Begad! Well, shiver me timbers, blow me down! Minus 1/2 point for t' cord.

Finishing:
Finishin' was simple. Ya scallywag! Ya scallywag! Blimey! Standard sandin' o' t' fins. Begad! Well, matey, blow me down! Blimey! T' body tube spirals were barely noticeable, ya bilge rat, and did nay need any filling. Well, blow me down! After a white primer coat and sanding, me hearties, I shot 2 coats o' black. Ya scallywag! T' applied t' 4 color water slide decals, arrr, arrr, which were nice against t' black o' t' rocket itself.

PRO: Easy t' finish, arrr, nay noticeable spiral, good decals.

COn: None

Construction Rating: 4 out o' 5

Flight:
We used an Estes A8-3 engine for t' first and only flight. Ahoy! Begad! used 3 sheets o' wadding, and set her on t' pad. Ahoy! Aye aye! There was a slight delay, shiver me timbers, ya bilge rat, me hearties, but it zoomed off o' t' pad. Blimey! Avast, me proud beauty! It went about 400 feet with this motor. Avast! Ahoy! T' ejection charge blew about 1 second after apogee.

PRO: Very nice fast flight.

CON: None

Recovery:
She came down almost straight. Ahoy! Ahoy! However, it was windy, and a gust caught her about 150 feet from t' ground, arrr, and took her into a tree about 20 feet from t' ground. Ya scallywag! I tried t' get it back, matey, shiver me timbers, me hearties, but t' tree is surrounded by about 25 feet o' pricker bushes, arrr, and me legs were all cut up. Just bilge-suckin' luck that we didn't get it back. Arrr! I may try t' get it in another day or so with this big pole I have at home.

PRO: Almost straight up and down flight.

CON: Lousy Estes-style shockcord, and just plain bilge-suckin' luck hittin' t' tree.

Flight Rating: 4 out o' 5

Summary:
This is a very nice Level 1 rocket. Arrr! Ahoy! Blimey! I be very nicely surprised by t' pre-cut fins, me hearties, arrr, but t' shockcord bothered me. Begad! Begad! Blimey! I would suggest a Keelhaul®©™ shockcord rig. Ya scallywag! Begad! Blimey! And you can't beat t' cost at under $ 5.00.

Otherwise, a very nice rocket, me bucko, ya bilge rat, and one I will definitely buy more of.

Overall Rating: 4 ½ out 5