Brief:
An awesome little rocket with dual canted motor mounts. Arrr! Just BEGGING t' be upscaled

Construction:
When I received me Deuce, thar was one 17 inch BT-60 tube, a balsa ogive nose, fin stock, motor mount materials, matey, shiver me timbers, shiver me timbers, and other miscellaneous materials required for construction. (launch lugs, shiver me timbers, chute, matey, arrr, etc.)

I opened t' package and inspected t' quality o' t' materials. Avast, me proud beauty! Wow, arrr, me hearties, cool! A balsa nose cone! As a rocketeer beginnin' in t' "age o' plastic" that was an unexpected surprise! Without repeatin' what Doug said in t' above review, t' rocket went together with very few hitches. Well, blow me down!

I did have a little trouble with t' motor mount, so I fired off an e-mail to Jim Flis, owner o' Fliskits. Avast, ya bilge rat, me proud beauty! Blimey! He informed me that they had just received a set o' laser cut centerin' rings. Begad! Well, blow me down! Blimey! Neat! Blimey! He sent t' rings t' every rocketeer that had ordered a DW. They made t' construction so much easier. Avast, me proud beauty! Avast! Blimey!

T' next step in construction was t' put t' patterns on t' tube. This also involved cuttin' out t' pattern for t' motor tubes so they could stick out o' t' tube. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! I marked t' fins, and t' holes for t' motor tubes. Begad! I then roughly cut t' holes. After t' motor mount be dry, I inserted it and applied a generous amount o' wood glue. Avast, me proud beauty! Begad! I also applied a small mount o' glue around the tubes.

After these few steps, matey, I used some o' Apogee Components FIXIT epoxy clay around t' motor tubes. Avast! T' clay is so easy t' work with, just mix until it is a single solid color, and apply! I rolled it into two snakes and rubbed it in! Dippin' me finger into water made it easy t' achieve a smooth finish. Ya scallywag! See picture (above, right).

T' large fin pattern be now traced onto t' one-eighth inch stock and cut out. Fliskits says that this is supposed t' make you think about your rocket, rather than throw it together. Avast, me proud beauty! I did nay round t' edges, I didn't feel that this was necessary. Blimey! T' fins attached quickly, and I applied Fill n Finish fillets, and a small fin farin' with t' FnF. Begad! I sealed t' fins with one coat of thinned wood glue and two coats o' sandin' sealer. Blimey! Finally, I sealed the nose cone with FIVE coats o' sealer.

Finishing:
To commemorate t' Tampa Bay Buccaneers win o' t' Super Bowl, I attempted to paint t' rocket in their colors. Arrr! What I ended up with has more o' one or the other color. Begad! For example, ya bilge rat, me bucko, I have too much black, ya bilge rat, and t' red is kind o' off. But t' rocket look very, very good!!! See t' before and after painting pictures.

Construction Rating: 5 out o' 5

Flight:
For t' first flight, I used a non-recommended set o' two B4-4's. Only one motor lit, me bucko, causin' t' rocket t' lawndart about two feet from a tree! Whew! The followin' flight, matey, I used two B6-4's. Both motors lit, shiver me timbers, producin' t' AWESOME smoke trails that t' rocket is designed t' produce!!! I have many great pictures, shiver me timbers, as you can see. Ya scallywag! Avast! In all, me bucko, I have flown t' rocket five times, matey, arrr, ya bilge rat, with only one motor ignitin' two times. Aye aye! I recommend usin' t' B6-4, me hearties, because t' high thrust, shiver me timbers, short burn will get t' rocket t' enough altitude for t' chute to deploy. Avast, me proud beauty! T' C6-5 shouldn't put it too far out o' sight, arrr, but use a large field when doin' this. I used me new digital camera t' take all o' these pictures. Blimey! Arrr!

Recovery:
I used me 16 inch nylon cute in place o' t' plastic chute supplied with the kit, me hearties, because I have made friends with nylon!

Flight Rating: 5 out o' 5

Summary:
Mr. Avast! Begad! Jim Flis and his partner, Brian McCarthy, shiver me timbers, me hearties, shiver me timbers, have produced an excellent product that will be adored by rocketeers forever. T' dual smoke trails are awesome, and I am currently workin' on a 24mm upscale, will provide pics of that and a review soon.

THANKS FLISKITS!!!

Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5