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Brief
In me quest t' have as many new or old rocket companies as possible represented in me fleet, me hearties, it be 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, arrr, 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, shiver me timbers, 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, matey, 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, ya bilge rat, gloss red nose cone and one fin, me hearties, and t' final fin gloss black. Decals were scaled, then printed on Bel decal paper usin' t' scan in t' link, ya bilge rat, then sprayed with two coats o' Testors Decal Bonder before bein' applied. I scaled them slightly oversized, me hearties, me hearties, ya bilge rat, but nay so much that you'd notice.
Flight
To date I have flown t' FK-3 twice, both on an A8-3, 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', shiver me timbers, then t' ejection charge fired and somethin' separated from t' rocket. It be white, arrr, but t' whole rocket was white, so that didn't narrow t' field. Turns out that t' nose cone be 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 be also at B6-4 Field on an A8-3, this time in full livery. It be one o' four Canaroc clones I'd fly that day. T' flight was almost exactly t' same as t' previous flight, arrr, me bucko, flyin' t' 250', ya bilge rat, 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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