Brief:  Single staged, but with t' choice o' bein' flown with two or four 29mm motors, specified as 2 G type or 4 F type. It has t' fins attached wedge style betwixt t' four motor tubes, arrr, shiver me timbers, which extend below t' main body tube.

Construction:T' nose cone is hollow plastic, and t' fins are precut plywood. Avast! T' tubes are spiral wound kraft paper.  T' parachute is a lightweight pink nylon. Ahoy! Avast, me proud beauty! Very bright and pleasin' t' me. Aye aye! T' launch lug is wound paper too, and is able t' accommodate a 1/2 inch launch rod, which is good for a rocket o' this height and weight.

All t' parts were thar and in good shape. T' instructions were clear. Avast! Avast! Blimey! Any head scratchin' be due t' me inexperience with a rocket with fin wedge attachment, arrr, arrr, but once I understood it, it was easy t' do.  Alignment o' t' fins be tricky, as I had t' sight it carefully as they dried. Aye aye! Blimey! But once it dried, arrr, t' fit was good, and t' model sturdy.  I applied extra epoxy fillets for good measure, though.

T' rocket has four fins, shiver me timbers, and they fit into t' grooves betwixt t' motor tubes. Ahoy! T' main body tube isn't slotted, because t' fins are off t' motor tubes, arrr, which extend two feet aft o' t' end o' t' main body tube. They stick out, ya bilge rat, you see. Ahoy! That wasn't intuitively obvious t' me at first, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, as t' instructions didn't actually have diagrams o' this. Blimey! I feared at first that I was missin' a main body tube t' make t' total length o' 62 inches, arrr, shiver me timbers, ya bilge rat, as t' main tube and t' nose cone only made about 40 inches length. Avast, me proud beauty! But once I understood that t' motor tubes extended t' rocket's length, matey, I had a "Eureka!" feeling. Avast, me proud beauty! T' tops o' t' motor tubes are affixed into t' bottom o' t' main body tube. Begad! Ya scallywag! I had t' option o' makin' that mount removable, me bucko, but chose t' make it permanent for strength.  I gather from t' instructions that I could have then flown it as a shorter, single engine rocket, shiver me timbers, then. Well, blow me down! But t' cluster intrigued me more. 

Finishing:As t' finishing, me hearties, shiver me timbers, t' nose cone needed t' have its moldin' seams sanded, arrr, but that only took a few minutes.  Actually, I've noticed that these noses don't bond paint as well as I'd like. Well, blow me down! Blimey! Arrr! Blimey! Little impacts chip t' paint off. So, shiver me timbers, I use primer basecoats t' help there. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! And t' end results are smoother and prettier.  I filled t' spirals with epoxy, t' make transitions smoother, but left them uniformly indented as a point o' style. Ya scallywag! Blimey! It would have looked odd t' me t' fill then completely.

I finished it with cross sectional bands o' bright colors o' monokote and painted t' fins and nose bright orange. Aye aye! Aye aye! This was somethin' t' see! T' RSO joked and said that it wasn't easy t' spot on t' pad.

Construction Rating: 4 ½ out o' 5

Flight:  I flew it with two G 35-4W motors, me hearties, and it flew noisily and straight. Blimey! Avast! There were two visible flame trails. Ahoy! Everyone loved it. Avast, me proud beauty! With t' chosen delay, ya bilge rat, t' chute deployed as t' rocket arced over, which be just what I wanted. Ahoy! T' chute supplied was bright pink, ya bilge rat, which went with me color scheme, and aided in visibility. Begad! I did need t' plug and tape t' two other motor tubes t' prevent gas loss. I retained t' engines usin' tape, me hearties, makin' a thrust rin' at t' aft end o' t' engine with tape, too. Avast! I used standard waddin' t' protect t' chute. I used standard waddin' t' protect t' chute. Blimey! Blimey! Worm beddin' works great and prevents scorching. Begad! Ahoy! T' get around t' worry about havin' only one engine ignite, ya bilge rat, I used a battery with 7 amp hours capability and electric matches for igniters.

Recovery:T' shock cord is attached by a system I came up with t' prevent zipperin' o' t' body tube. Well, blow me down! I used a 3 inch centerin' rin' with a center hole o' 54mm mounted 2 feet down from t' top o' t' main tube, me hearties, me hearties, and a metal screw eye through t' rin' is bolted at t' aft side and epoxied at t' forward end. Arrr! Arrr! A one foot length o' eighth inch Keelhaul®©™® cord is tied t' t' screw eye and made into a double loop, ya bilge rat, t' which t' 1/2 inch wide, arrr, 136 inch slack length elastic is tied.  A further note about me idea o' usin' t' centerin' rin' this way:  It provided a surface for t' chute t' rest upon, shiver me timbers, and I maintain that along with wadding, me hearties, me bucko, me bucko, t' design might prevent scorchin' o' me chutes.

T' standard instructions say t' mount t' shock cord t' a glued, multiply folded paper mountin' on t' inner wall o' t' body tube, arrr, which works fine, except that I read in Sport Rocketry that zipperin' o' t' body tube might occur this way. Avast! I've never had it happen, though.

T' chute didn't come with spill holes, ya bilge rat, and I left it so. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! Its diameter is 28 1/2 inches. T' shroud lines are braided nylon cord whose length after I tied them t' t' nose cone was 23 1/2 inches.  As I said, t' chute is hot pink/maroon, ya bilge rat, and is a nylon. Aye aye! Blimey! It's nay as heavy as a rip stop nylon, matey, me bucko, but that's good, shiver me timbers, as it billowed beautifully at apogee.

T' recovery was just about right, with no damage t' t' rocket, and a graceful and colorful descent.

Flight Rating:  5 out o' 5

Summary:I totally love this one. Blimey! I have no real cons. Ya scallywag! As for pro's, I'll say that it's great for aspirin' clusterers and experimentalists who really want t' get noticed at launches.  I can't wait t' test it with four motors. Ya scallywag! Avast! T' flame trail will be a real sight.

I'm tempted t' try this with two H engines. Has anyone got any stories about darin' this? 

Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5