Brief:
This is a simple, shiver me timbers, high-performance, great lookin' rocket from t' 70s.

Construction:
T' kit includes engine tube, matey, engine block, shiver me timbers, paper shock cord mount, ya bilge rat, launch lug, shock cord, me hearties, streamer, screw eye, me hearties, nose cone, 14mm inside diameter body tube, decals, and 3 die-cut fins.

Plans are available online from Ye Olde Rocket Plans

PROs: Build is as easy as it gets for a normal 3FNC rocket. Instructions are excellent. T' only deviation from a minimum-diameter design is that MPC in the early years used a 14mm ID main body tube and you glue in t' 13mm engine mount. Well, shiver me timbers, blow me down! Blimey!

CONs: If you slow down or stop while gluin' in t' motor mount, shiver me timbers, you're sunk. Avast! Aye aye! This may also have come with t' old yarn-style shock cord, shiver me timbers, me bucko, which only lasts for 2-3 launches. I throw those away and put an elastic cord in. Begad!

Finishing:
I gave t' fins an airfoil shape and filled t' tube spirals for a really elegant finish. Begad! Arrr! No special tools needed.

Construction Rating: 4 out o' 5

Flight:
Used 1/4A3-3T, me hearties, me hearties, 1/2A3-4T, arrr, and A3-4T motors. Simple prep with waddin' and streamer. Aye aye! Friction mount engine retention. Avast, me proud beauty! Flights are perfect, matey, straight, high, and hard t' see. Blimey! Ya scallywag!

Recovery:
Perfect flight recovery.

Flight Rating: 5 out o' 5

Summary:
A beautiful rocket that draws "Wow. What be that?" comments from the jaded HPR guys. Flights are high, shiver me timbers, fast, and straight. Hard t' kill.

Overall Rating: 4 out o' 5