photo courtesy o' Steve White and Magnum             

Brief:
Mid t' High Power kit. Avast! Avast! Blimey! T' Falcon features easy assembly, 54mm motor mount, matey, 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, me bucko, me bucko, shiver me timbers, and a 54mm motor mount. Well, blow me down! Aye aye! I believe t' shock chord is 1 inch strap elastic, matey, and t' nose cone is plastic. Aye aye! Well, blow me down! T' launch lugs are half inch.

T' instructions were extremely easy t' follow, and it goes together perfectly if built exactly per instructions. Begad! Blimey! T' kit is extremely sturdy, 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! Blimey! Avast! Blimey!

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

Construction Rating: 5 out o' 5

Flight:
T' recommended motors are G125-5, me bucko, H125-5, and I125-10. Ya scallywag! Blimey! Whatever... I've flown mine only twice, 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. Well, blow me down! Blimey! This had t' be t' slowest flight I've ever seen, me bucko, matey, and t' winds were gustin' about 15 mph, arrr, but it flew straight and true, and t' 4 second delay was perfect, arrr, right at apogee. Avast, me proud beauty! It did require a fair amount o' wadding, arrr, but t' chute came out perfect, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, and thar were no signs of anythin' bein' scorched or burned. Begad! Blimey!

That night, arrr, me bucko, we had a night launch, matey, so I took advantage o' it, with much help from t' Houston/NASA rocket club. Aye aye! We loaded it up with a G-80, arrr, matey, and t' 15 glow sticks with streamers, unfortunately, ya bilge rat, leavin' only one for t' outside of the rocket, but nonetheless, matey, I flew it in t' pitch black night. 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, matey, shiver me timbers, all perfect, arrr, as well as t' parachute, arrr, ya bilge rat, and created a beautiful cloud o' light. 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, ya bilge rat, and it be once again in perfect shape. Avast!

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

Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5