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

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

I opened t' package and inspected t' quality o' t' materials. Well, blow me down! Avast! Wow, me bucko, 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Construction Rating: 5 out o' 5

Flight:
For t' first flight, me bucko, I used a non-recommended set o' two B4-4's. Begad! Only one motor lit, matey, causin' t' rocket t' lawndart about two feet from a tree! Whew! The followin' flight, arrr, I used two B6-4's. Blimey! Both motors lit, 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! Ya scallywag! In all, I have flown t' rocket five times, shiver me timbers, matey, with only one motor ignitin' two times. Arrr! I recommend usin' t' B6-4, because t' high thrust, matey, short burn will get t' rocket t' enough altitude for t' chute to deploy. Begad! Begad! T' C6-5 shouldn't put it too far out o' sight, but use a large field when doin' this. Ahoy! I used me new digital camera t' take all o' these pictures. Ahoy! Arrr!

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

Flight Rating: 5 out o' 5

Summary:
Mr. Aye aye! Jim Flis and his partner, Brian McCarthy, have produced an excellent product that will be adored by rocketeers forever. Well, blow me down! T' dual smoke trails are awesome, arrr, me bucko, and I am currently workin' on a 24mm upscale, me bucko, will provide pics of that and a review soon.

THANKS FLISKITS!!!

Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5