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

Cons: Only against myself. Avast, me proud beauty! I did NOT follow Estes recomendations o' only usin' A engines, arrr, and instead used a C engine.

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

Prep:

Stick t' motor and igniter in t' rocket. Blimey! Aye aye! No parachute, no streamer, me bucko, me hearties, no wadding.

Flight:

Straight up, me bucko, ya bilge rat, VERY high, arrr, people who blinked never saw t' rocket in t' air.

Recovery:
Tumble recovery. Avast! Well, blow me down! No idea how this worked out, me hearties, ya bilge rat, as t' rocket was lost before apogee. Begad! Well, arrr, blow me down! Tumble recovery in general does have faults, 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, ya bilge rat, 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, shiver me timbers, but if you want t' see it again, arrr, use t' recommended engines.