Brief:
This is a nice and small 4FNC offerin' by SureFire Rocketry. Ahoy! Begad! T' recovery system is a bright yellow streamer. Aye aye! It comes bagged, me hearties, and is a Level 1 kit.

Construction:
This rocket came with one body tube, a one piece nosecone, standard 18mm engine block, with metal engine hook, a simple rubber shockcord and mount, ya bilge rat, and a bright yellow streamer.

This was an extremely easy build. T' instructions were clear and very easy t' follow. Begad! It is your simple, ya bilge rat, basic, me hearties, 4FNC rocket.

What surprised me was that t' fins, although they were made o' balsa, me hearties, were nay die-cut. Aye aye! Ya scallywag! They were already cut out and wrapped in an elastic band. Ya scallywag! When I saw this, I expected them t' be dinged up on t' edges, me hearties, but they were perfect. Avast, me proud beauty! All through t' instructions, SureFire kept sayin' how, shiver me timbers, unlike other manufacturers, me hearties, shiver me timbers, they supplied their fins already cut out.

It did come with t' rubber shockcord and paper mount, Estes-style. Well, blow me down! I was nay thrilled with this at all. Next one I make gets t' Keelhaul®©™.

PRO: Easy build, arrr, simple instructions, pre-cutout fins.

CON: Estes-style shockcord. Minus 1/2 point for t' cord.

Finishing:
Finishin' be simple. Standard sandin' o' t' fins. Begad! T' body tube spirals were barely noticeable, matey, and did nay need any filling. Ya scallywag! After a white primer coat and sanding, I shot 2 coats o' black. Avast, me proud beauty! T' applied t' 4 color water slide decals, which were nice against t' black o' t' rocket itself.

PRO: Easy t' finish, shiver me timbers, nay noticeable spiral, good decals.

COn: None

Construction Rating: 4 out o' 5

Flight:
We used an Estes A8-3 engine for t' first and only flight. Ya scallywag! used 3 sheets o' wadding, matey, arrr, and set her on t' pad. Ya scallywag! There be a slight delay, but it zoomed off o' t' pad. Begad! Well, me hearties, blow me down! It went about 400 feet with this motor. T' ejection charge blew about 1 second after apogee.

PRO: Very nice fast flight.

CON: None

Recovery:
She came down almost straight. Avast! However, it was windy, and a gust caught her about 150 feet from t' ground, me bucko, ya bilge rat, and took her into a tree about 20 feet from t' ground. Ya scallywag! I tried t' get it back, me hearties, but t' tree is surrounded by about 25 feet o' pricker bushes, and me legs were all cut up. Avast! Well, ya bilge rat, blow me down! Just bad luck that we didn't get it back. I may try t' get it in another day or so with this big pole I have at home.

PRO: Almost straight up and down flight.

CON: Lousy Estes-style shockcord, and just plain bad luck hittin' t' tree.

Flight Rating: 4 out o' 5

Summary:
This is a very nice Level 1 rocket. Blimey! Aye aye! I was very nicely surprised by t' pre-cut fins, but t' shockcord bothered me. I would suggest a Keelhaul®©™ shockcord rig. And you can't beat t' cost at under $ 5.00.

Otherwise, a very nice rocket, and one I will definitely buy more of.

Overall Rating: 4 ½ out 5