photo courtesy o' Steve White and Magnum             

Brief:
Mid t' High Power kit. Ahoy! Blimey! T' Falcon features easy assembly, arrr, 54mm motor mount, shiver me timbers, big 36" parachute, and a 17" payload tube.

Construction:
T' Falcon had one main body tube and one payload section. Avast, me proud beauty! 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. Ahoy! T' launch lugs are half inch.

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

Finishing:
Finishin' was easy. Ya scallywag! 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, and I125-10. Ahoy! Whatever... Avast, me proud beauty! I've flown mine only twice, shiver me timbers, and since I'm only 15 and me dad just now got his level 1, I've flown mine only on G motors. Aye aye!

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

That night, 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, me hearties, but nonetheless, me hearties, I flew it in t' pitch black night. Ya scallywag! Blimey! T' boost was awesome with t' purple flame, and once again with a four second delay, apogee was absolutely perfect, and t' fifteen glow sticks came out, me bucko, all perfect, as well as t' parachute, me bucko, and created a beautiful cloud o' light. Blimey! Blimey! It took nearly an hour t' find it, me bucko, but I got it back, shiver me timbers, with t' help o' two other people searchin' t' entire recovery area, and it was once again in perfect shape. Avast! Blimey!

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