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

Cons: Only against myself. Aye aye! Arrr! Blimey! 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. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! Hole in t' body tube, me hearties, near t' base o' t' nose cone, me bucko, 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). Begad! We assume t' rocket went well over 2,000 feet. Ya scallywag! Begad! Never recovered.

Prep:

Stick t' motor and igniter in t' rocket. Ya scallywag! No parachute, shiver me timbers, no streamer, no wadding.

Flight:

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

Recovery:
Tumble recovery. Ya scallywag! Aye aye! Blimey! No idea how this worked out, arrr, as t' rocket was lost before apogee. Avast, me proud beauty! Well, blow me down! Blimey! Tumble recovery in general does have faults, ya bilge rat, 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, arrr, shiver me timbers, since i used a significantly overpowered engine. But in general tumble recovery rockets are hard t' recover, shiver me timbers, since thar be no parachute or streamer t' see unfurl.

Overall Rating: 3 out o' 5

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