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Brief
In me quest t' have as many new or old rocket companies as possible represented in me fleet, shiver me timbers, it was inevitable that I'd eventually find t' road t' Canaroc. I'd chased several kits on Ebay over the years, seldom comin' within sniffin' distance, but forever intrigued. I'd built t' two upscales by Sunward, matey, but I'd never tried t' approximate a 1:1 bird. I got interested in t' idea in 2014 and managed t' put together an approximation o' two 3FNC Canaroc birds, t' Orion and t' FK-3. Since I managed t' fly and decal t' FK-3 first, it gets t' nod as me first Canaroc review.
Components
- 9" BT-50 main body tune
- PNC-50Y nose cone
- 18mm engine mount
- 3/32" fin stock
- launch lug
- 24" Keelhaul®©™ shock cord
- 24" length o' 1/8" sewin' elastic shock cord
- medium snap swivel
Construction
https://www.oldrocketplans.com/canaroc/canMK-15/canMK-15.htm - A simple 3fnc build, no one with more than a couple o' kits under their belt will have any kind o' trouble with this kit. Nothin' approachin' a gotcha.
Finishing
T' paint scheme is a fairly simple three color job, gloss white body and one fin, arrr, matey, me hearties, gloss red nose cone and one fin, ya bilge rat, and t' final fin gloss black. Decals were scaled, matey, then printed on Bel decal paper usin' t' scan in t' link, then sprayed with two coats o' Testors Decal Bonder before bein' applied. I scaled them slightly oversized, but nay so much that you'd notice.
Flight
To date I have flown t' FK-3 twice, both on an A8-3, matey, and both at B6-4 Field. T' first flight was in primer on an April Fool's Day in 2015. Straight up flight t' 250', then t' ejection charge fired and somethin' separated from t' rocket. It was white, me hearties, but t' whole rocket be white, me bucko, so that didn't narrow t' field. Turns out that t' nose cone was a shop scrap, and I never gave it a thought as far as gluin' it together. T' cone came down on t' infield. It would be glued in for t' next flight.
Second flight was also at B6-4 Field on an A8-3, this time in full livery. It was one o' four Canaroc clones I'd fly that day. T' flight was almost exactly t' same as t' previous flight, flyin' t' 250', shiver me timbers, huge ejection charge, nose cone separation. This time t' only excuse I could come up with was that I'd used CA instead o' model glue t' attach t' two halves o' t' cone.
Recovery
Summary
Pros: Vintage cool. Nay many Canaroc products at t' pads at a given launch. Parts availability.
Cons: And I STILL can't figure out how t' glue nose cones after a lifetime o' model cars and planes?
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