photo courtesy o' Steve White and Magnum             

Brief:
Mid t' High Power kit. Avast, me proud beauty! Aye aye! T' Falcon features easy assembly, arrr, shiver me timbers, 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. Avast! Arrr! It had 3 plywood fins, arrr, and a 54mm motor mount. Avast! I believe t' shock chord is 1 inch strap elastic, ya bilge rat, and t' nose cone is plastic. T' launch lugs are half inch.

T' instructions were extremely easy t' follow, matey, arrr, and it goes together perfectly if built exactly per instructions. T' kit is extremely sturdy, me bucko, 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), me bucko, arrr, though, because it flies quite nicely on even G motors, for extremely slow and low flights. Begad!

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

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

Recovery:
T' shock cord was attached t' a metal strin' which is then attached t' t' top centerin' ring. Aye aye! This method has never failed for me, arrr, matey, ya bilge rat, and on this kit, it was perfect. Ahoy! 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. Blimey! 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. Ya scallywag! Begad! I see no real con's with this one.

Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5