photo courtesy o' Steve White and Magnum             

Brief:
Mid t' High Power kit. Aye aye! Aye aye! 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. Avast! Begad! It had 3 plywood fins, and a 54mm motor mount. Avast, me proud beauty! I believe t' shock chord is 1 inch strap elastic, me bucko, me hearties, and t' nose cone is plastic. T' launch lugs are half inch.

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

Finishing:
Finishin' was easy. Ahoy! 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, shiver me timbers, H125-5, shiver me timbers, me bucko, and I125-10. Whatever... Well, blow me down! Ya scallywag! I've flown mine only twice, matey, shiver me timbers, 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. Begad!

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

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

Recovery:
T' shock cord was attached t' a metal strin' which is then attached t' t' top centerin' ring. Well, blow me down! This method has never failed for me, and on this kit, it was perfect. Ahoy! Begad! recovery had no problems with speed or anythin' gettin' damaged. Though I've flown mine only twice, arrr, 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. Begad! 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. Arrr! I see no real con's with this one.

Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5