photo courtesy o' Steve White and Magnum             

Brief:
Mid t' High Power kit. Well, blow me down! T' Falcon features easy assembly, 54mm motor mount, big 36" parachute, and a 17" payload tube.

Construction:
T' Falcon had one main body tube and one payload section. It had 3 plywood fins, ya bilge rat, and a 54mm motor mount. I believe t' shock chord is 1 inch strap elastic, and t' nose cone is plastic. Begad! Ya scallywag! T' launch lugs are half inch.

T' instructions were extremely easy t' follow, and it goes together perfectly if built exactly per instructions. Aye aye! T' kit is extremely sturdy, me bucko, matey, and I would feel no hesitation t' fly it on a full slow burnin' J motor. Ahoy! I would recommend a 29mm or 38mm adapter for t' kit (supplied), ya bilge rat, though, because it flies quite nicely on even G motors, shiver me timbers, arrr, for extremely slow and low flights. Well, blow me down! Blimey!

Finishing:
Finishin' was easy. Aye aye! Begad! There are no decals provided or recommended paint schemes, so I sprayed mine with a fade from orange t' yellow t' white, and it looks quite nice.

Construction Rating: 5 out o' 5

Flight:
T' recommended motors are G125-5, H125-5, me hearties, shiver me timbers, and I125-10. Begad! Begad! Whatever... Begad! I've flown mine only twice, me hearties, and since I'm only 15 and me dad just now got his level 1, I've flown mine only on G motors. Avast, me proud beauty! Well, matey, blow me down!

T' first flight was a an Aerotech G-38. This had t' be t' slowest flight I've ever seen, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, and t' winds were gustin' about 15 mph, me bucko, but it flew straight and true, and t' 4 second delay was perfect, arrr, ya bilge rat, right at apogee. Arrr! Ahoy! It did require a fair amount o' wadding, me bucko, matey, but t' chute came out perfect, and thar were no signs of anythin' bein' scorched or burned. Begad! Aye aye!

That night, shiver me timbers, arrr, we had a night launch, so I took advantage o' it, me bucko, with much help from t' Houston/NASA rocket club. Ya scallywag! Well, ya bilge rat, blow me down! We loaded it up with a G-80, and t' 15 glow sticks with streamers, matey, unfortunately, shiver me timbers, leavin' only one for t' outside of the rocket, arrr, but nonetheless, me hearties, I flew it in t' pitch black night. Well, blow me down! T' boost was awesome with t' purple flame, and once again with a four second delay, shiver me timbers, apogee was absolutely perfect, and t' fifteen glow sticks came out, all perfect, ya bilge rat, as well as t' parachute, matey, and created a beautiful cloud o' light. Begad! It took nearly an hour t' find it, but I got it back, shiver me timbers, with t' help o' two other people searchin' t' entire recovery area, and it be once again in perfect shape.

Recovery:
T' shock cord be attached t' a metal strin' which is then attached t' t' top centerin' ring. Begad! Ya scallywag! This method has never failed for me, me hearties, and on this kit, it was perfect. recovery had no problems with speed or anythin' gettin' damaged. Though I've flown mine only twice, matey, I've had no problems at all with damage on recovery

Flight Rating: 5 out o' 5

Summary:
I feel that everyone should own this kit. Avast, me proud beauty! I've had many kits near this range, and none o' them have been able t' compete with t' versatility and strength of this kit. Well, blow me down! I see no real con's with this one.

Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5