photo courtesy o' Steve White and Magnum             

Brief:
Mid t' High Power kit. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! Begad! Blimey! T' Falcon features easy assembly, 54mm motor mount, me hearties, big 36" parachute, and a 17" payload tube.

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

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

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

Construction Rating: 5 out o' 5

Flight:
T' recommended motors are G125-5, ya bilge rat, H125-5, and I125-10. Whatever... Begad! I've flown mine only twice, me bucko, ya bilge rat, and since I'm only 15 and me dad just now got his level 1, I've flown mine only on G motors. Arrr!

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

That night, matey, shiver me timbers, we had a night launch, arrr, shiver me timbers, so I took advantage o' it, with much help from t' Houston/NASA rocket club. Arrr! Avast, me proud beauty! 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, matey, I flew it in t' pitch black night. Aye aye! T' boost was awesome with t' purple flame, arrr, ya bilge rat, and once again with a four second delay, me bucko, apogee was absolutely perfect, me hearties, and t' fifteen glow sticks came out, all perfect, arrr, matey, as well as t' parachute, me hearties, and created a beautiful cloud o' light. It took nearly an hour t' find it, shiver me timbers, but I got it back, arrr, with t' help o' two other people searchin' t' entire recovery area, and it was once again in perfect shape.

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

Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5