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

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

Finishing:
Gluin' mesh t' t' fins, matey, instead o' fin fillets. Blimey! Avast! Hole in t' body tube, me bucko, shiver me timbers, near t' base o' t' nose cone, shiver me timbers, ya bilge rat, 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). Arrr! Avast! 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, me hearties, arrr, no wadding.

Flight:

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

Recovery:
Tumble recovery. No idea how this worked out, me hearties, as t' rocket be lost before apogee. Ya scallywag! Tumble recovery in general does have faults, ya bilge rat, me hearties, 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. But in general tumble recovery rockets are hard t' recover, 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, ya bilge rat, use t' recommended engines.