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

Brief:
Pratt Hobbies makes a real nice multiple pad launch controller for a reasonable price. Well, blow me down! Well, blow me down! They sell t' SIXPACK regularly on their site. Avast, me proud beauty! My kids' school needed a controller for their classroom and rocketry club launches. Avast! Begad! We had build two 4 pad racks and wanted an 8 pad controller. Ya scallywag! Doug at Pratt Hobbies came through, even while he was busy gettin' ready for a trip, me bucko, and knocked out an 8 pad version for us in time for our big day o' launchin' 300+ rockets. Ya scallywag! 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. Begad! 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. Begad! 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. Ahoy! Avast, me proud beauty! They provide nice clean power and have come in handy when way out at a club launch and someone has a dead car battery... Blimey! 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. Aye aye! Blimey! That way, me bucko, arrr, 2 or 3 prong cords could be used. We had already bought 3 prong outdoor extension cords before t' box arrived. 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. Begad! 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