Brief:
Small rocket i received for a birthday around 1990. Arrr! Shot this off at a rocket launch at grade school, durin' school hours, ya bilge rat, with a C6-5 if i remember correctly. Aye aye! Other students shot rockets off, ya bilge rat, me bucko, and their rockets were recovered. My Scout just disappeared into t' sky, noone saw apogee, me hearties, noone had a clue where it landed. Well, me hearties, 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 be cloth/web like mesh that was glued against t' fins and body tube near t' fins. Avast, shiver me timbers, me proud beauty! Blimey! I have never built another rocket that requird this. Well, blow me down! Blimey! Also, ya bilge rat, arrr, tumble recovery, matey, so thar was 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, instead o' glue fillets, ya bilge rat, was definitely interestin' and educational. Blimey! Arrr! Tumble recovery was interestin' educational. Aye aye! High flier, if you are willin' t' risk never seein' t' rocket again.

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

Finishing:
Gluin' mesh t' t' fins, matey, ya bilge rat, instead o' fin fillets. Aye aye! Hole in t' body tube, near t' base o' t' nose cone, shiver me timbers, 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). We assume t' rocket went well over 2,000 feet. Avast, me proud beauty! Never recovered.

Prep:

Stick t' motor and igniter in t' rocket. No parachute, no streamer, no wadding.

Flight:

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

Recovery:
Tumble recovery. Ahoy! Ya scallywag! No idea how this worked out, matey, me hearties, as t' rocket be lost before apogee. Well, blow me down! Tumble recovery in general does have faults, shiver me timbers, 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, since i used a significantly overpowered engine. Well, blow me down! Ya scallywag! But in general tumble recovery rockets are hard t' recover, me bucko, since thar be no parachute or streamer t' see unfurl.

Overall Rating: 3 out o' 5

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