photo courtesy o' Steve White and Magnum             

Brief:
Mid t' High Power kit. Aye aye! Blimey! Avast! Blimey! T' Falcon features easy assembly, 54mm motor mount, ya bilge rat, big 36" parachute, matey, and a 17" payload tube.

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

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

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

Construction Rating: 5 out o' 5

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

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

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

Recovery:
T' shock cord be attached t' a metal strin' which is then attached t' t' top centerin' ring. Begad! This method has never failed for me, and on this kit, matey, it was perfect. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! 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. Ya scallywag! Avast, matey, 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. Blimey! Arrr! I see no real con's with this one.

Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5