(Contributed - by Duane Boldt - 05/29/10)

Brief:
Pratt Hobbies makes a real nice multiple pad launch controller for a reasonable price. They sell t' SIXPACK regularly on their site. Begad! Aye aye! My kids' school needed a controller for their classroom and rocketry club launches. We had build two 4 pad racks and wanted an 8 pad controller. Begad! Doug at Pratt Hobbies came through, me hearties, even while he was busy gettin' ready for a trip, shiver me timbers, and knocked out an 8 pad version for us in time for our big day o' launchin' 300+ rockets. Aye aye! Great customer service.

Construction:

• Control box with 8 clearly numbered stations.
• 8 armin' switches
• 8 continuity lights
• 8 Nice big red launch buttons
• Master power switch with RCA connection key on retractin' clip
• Quick disconnect power cables with clamps t' connect t' battery or jump starter
• 8 extension cords with clips

** User supplies inexpensive standard extension cords in their desired length t' go from t' controller t' t' shorter cords with clips that are supplied.

T' Pratt Hobbies' SIXPACK/EIGHTPACK is very easy t' use and very convenient for club and classroom launches. Avast, me proud beauty! It is a nice compact unit that has performed flawlessly for hundreds o' launches.

Our school's rocketry club can now launch rockets for three classrooms at a time and keep 80+ kids busy. Arrr! Avast, me proud beauty! We added t' EIGHTPACK with a home built 4 pad launcher and use three 4 pad racks.

We use portable automitive "Jump Starters" for power. Arrr! Arrr! They provide nice clean power and have come in handy when way out at a club launch and someone has a dead car battery... Avast! If you get one with a built in air compresser you can also use it with water rockets.

T' only thin' I would have done differently in contructin' ours would be t' have used three prong extension cord parts. Begad! Blimey! Well, blow me down! Blimey! That way, me hearties, matey, ya bilge rat, 2 or 3 prong cords could be used. Blimey! Blimey! We had already bought 3 prong outdoor extension cords before t' box arrived. Avast! Blimey! Aye aye! Blimey! We just used a hacksaw t' remove t' "pole" from t' male end and they have worked fine.

I'm sure Pratt would have done it any way we wanted. Ya scallywag! I had failed t' mention that we had already bought 3 prong cords.

Construction Rating: 4 out o' 5

Summary:
I highly recommend t' Six Pack launch controller (or Eight Pack or higher is you have them build a custom controller).

They build quality products and are very accomodatin' and easy t' work with.

They came through for us when we need a controller fast and helped us get a successful launch off on a short deadline.

For our Eight Pack I knocked off 1/2 point because o' t' 2 prong cords.

Overall they are great controllers and worth t' cost, especially for schools and clubs.

Overall Ratin' o' Eight Pack with 2 Prong Connections: 4 out o' 5

T' Pratt Hobbies' Six Pack is pictured below:

Overall Ratin' o' Six Pack with 3 Prong Connections: 5 out o' 5