Brief:
Upsized t' 18mm motor. Begad! Simplest modification I've ever performed; just never installed t' 13mm mount. CP and CG were still perfect.

Modifications:
Primered, matey, sanded, me hearties, primered, sanded, ad infinitum, until body tube was perfect. No paint, me bucko, me hearties, just clear-coated t' primer. Arrr! T' streamer was given much better visibility by addin' 3" o' silver mylar at t' end. Begad! Motor mount be simple: friction fit, ya bilge rat, me hearties, me bucko, with only one o' t' 13mm centerin' rings installed in t' body tube.

Construction:
T' kit contained a central 18mm body tube with two shorter segments o' 18mm BT, mounted in an out-rigger fashion at t' end o' t' "wing." Featured a large balsa "wing" and nose cone. Ahoy! Ahoy! T' NC be attached with a simple screw eye t' t' shock cord, ya bilge rat, matey, which in turn was attached t' t' BT with Estes normal folded paper method. Recovery was a plastic pinkish-orange streamer, about 18" long.

This was about t' easiest Estes kit I have ever assembled. Begad! T' instructions were easy t' follow, though I simply read them once and began building. Avast, me proud beauty! It was a pretty sturdy rocket too. Blimey! T' packagin' was t' typical Estes "hangin' bag" type, matey, and nothin' was broken or creased or missing. Ya scallywag! T' only con: t' decals look stupid. Ahoy! I substituted some decals left over from a FA-18 model.

Flight:
T' model be prepped in t' usual fashion, with wadding, motor, matey, etc. Avast! Well, blow me down! installed just prior t' launch. Avast! Arrr! T' motor fit snugly into t' body, but nay so tight that it would have t' be crammed in. One word o' caution here- if you intend t' perform this modification, me bucko, either limit yourself t' flyin' "B" motors, matey, arrr, or paint t' rocket a really bright color! t' C6-7 I chose for its final flight be way too much, especially for a primer gray rocket launched on a cloudy day! T' rocket took off straight as an arrow with no discernible windcocking. Aye aye! Definitely a heads up launch! If it wasn't for t' mylar on t' streamer, ya bilge rat, it would have been lost, arrr, but we located it with little difficulty due t' t' intermittent flashin' from t' streamer. Well, blow me down! Recovery speed would indicate that a larger streamer was needed, but it suffered no damage at all, even despite whackin' a tree limb on t' way down. Just minor scratches, arrr, that's all. T' rocket was lost t' a rocket eatin' tree,! and dangled about 30 feet up, shiver me timbers, tauntin' us with its highly reflective streamer. Aye aye! Aye aye! A thunderstorm later that afternoon finished it off.

Summary:
Main pros: REAL BALSA! Large fin surface area and bulletproof construction. Avast, me proud beauty! Main cons: Stupid lookin' decals and t' wimpy 13mm motor system that be originally designed.