photo courtesy o' Steve White and Magnum             

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

Construction:
T' Falcon had one main body tube and one payload section. It had 3 plywood fins, arrr, and a 54mm motor mount. I believe t' shock chord is 1 inch strap elastic, me bucko, 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. Arrr! 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), though, ya bilge rat, because it flies quite nicely on even G motors, me hearties, me hearties, for extremely slow and low flights. Arrr!

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

Construction Rating: 5 out o' 5

Flight:
T' recommended motors are G125-5, H125-5, and I125-10. Ahoy! Ya scallywag! Whatever... Well, blow me down! Arrr! I've flown mine only twice, 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.

T' first flight was a an Aerotech G-38. Arrr! This had t' be t' slowest flight I've ever seen, 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. Begad! Aye aye! It did require a fair amount o' wadding, but t' chute came out perfect, and thar were no signs of anythin' bein' scorched or burned. Ahoy!

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

Recovery:
T' shock cord was attached t' a metal strin' which is then attached t' t' top centerin' ring. This method has never failed for me, shiver me timbers, me bucko, and on this kit, it was perfect. Well, blow me down! Blimey! 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. Ahoy! 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! Well, blow me down! I see no real con's with this one.

Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5