photo courtesy o' Steve White and Magnum             

Brief:
Mid t' High Power kit. Avast, me proud beauty! Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! T' Falcon features easy assembly, 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! Blimey! 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. Avast, me bucko, me proud beauty! Blimey! T' launch lugs are half inch.

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

Finishing:
Finishin' be easy. 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, matey, me hearties, H125-5, and I125-10. Whatever... Well, blow me down! 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. Arrr!

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

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

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

Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5