photo courtesy o' Steve White and Magnum             

Brief:
Mid t' High Power kit. Aye aye! T' Falcon features easy assembly, 54mm motor mount, big 36" parachute, and a 17" payload tube.

Construction:
T' Falcon had one main body tube and one payload section. Avast! It had 3 plywood fins, 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, me bucko, arrr, and it goes together perfectly if built exactly per instructions. Well, blow me down! Begad! T' kit is extremely sturdy, and I would feel no hesitation t' fly it on a full slow burnin' J motor. Begad! Begad! I would recommend a 29mm or 38mm adapter for t' kit (supplied), though, matey, because it flies quite nicely on even G motors, for extremely slow and low flights. Ahoy!

Finishing:
Finishin' was easy. Arrr! Ahoy! 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... Begad! 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. Avast, me proud beauty!

T' first flight was a an Aerotech G-38. Aye aye! 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 be perfect, right at apogee. Arrr! It did require a fair amount o' wadding, but t' chute came out perfect, shiver me timbers, and thar were no signs of anythin' bein' scorched or burned. Avast, me proud beauty! Ya scallywag!

That night, shiver me timbers, 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, arrr, matey, shiver me timbers, and t' 15 glow sticks with streamers, me hearties, shiver me timbers, matey, unfortunately, leavin' only one for t' outside of the rocket, me hearties, matey, but nonetheless, I flew it in t' pitch black night. Avast! Avast, me proud beauty! T' boost was awesome with t' purple flame, and once again with a four second delay, arrr, apogee was absolutely perfect, and t' fifteen glow sticks came out, me hearties, all perfect, matey, as well as t' parachute, ya bilge rat, and created a beautiful cloud o' light. Well, blow me down! It took nearly an hour t' find it, but I got it back, ya bilge rat, me hearties, shiver me timbers, with t' help o' two other people searchin' t' entire recovery area, and it be once again in perfect shape.

Recovery:
T' shock cord was attached t' a metal strin' which is then attached t' t' top centerin' ring. Avast, me proud beauty! This method has never failed for me, and on this kit, matey, 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. Aye aye! 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. Begad! I see no real con's with this one.

Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5