photo courtesy o' Steve White and
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Brief:
Mid t' High Power kit. Begad! T' Falcon features easy assembly, matey, 54mm motor mount, me hearties, big
36" parachute, shiver me timbers, and a 17" payload tube.
Construction:
T' Falcon had one main body tube and one payload section. It had 3 plywood
fins, and a 54mm motor mount. Arrr! Blimey! Blimey! I believe t' shock chord is 1 inch strap
elastic, and t' nose cone is plastic. Begad! Begad! 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! Ya scallywag! I would recommend a 29mm or 38mm adapter for t' kit (supplied), though, shiver me timbers, because it flies quite nicely on even G motors, matey, for extremely slow and low flights.
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, ya bilge rat, and it looks
quite nice.
Construction Rating: 5 out o' 5
Flight:
T' recommended motors are G125-5, me hearties, H125-5, and I125-10. Arrr! Whatever... Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! 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 be a an Aerotech G-38. Aye aye! This had t' be t' slowest flight I've ever
seen, shiver me timbers, me hearties, and t' winds were gustin' about 15 mph, me bucko, matey, but it flew straight and true,
and t' 4 second delay was perfect, right at apogee. Arrr! It did require a fair
amount o' wadding, me bucko, but t' chute came out perfect, and thar were no signs of
anythin' bein' scorched or burned. Aye aye!
That night, arrr, me hearties, we had a night launch, ya bilge rat, so I took advantage o' it, me hearties, arrr, with much help from t' Houston/NASA rocket club. Begad! We loaded it up with a G-80, me bucko, and t' 15 glow sticks with streamers, arrr, unfortunately, shiver me timbers, leavin' only one for t' outside of the rocket, matey, me bucko, but nonetheless, I flew it in t' pitch black night. Avast! T' boost was awesome with t' purple flame, and once again with a four second delay, me bucko, me bucko, apogee was absolutely perfect, and t' fifteen glow sticks came out, shiver me timbers, ya bilge rat, all perfect, ya bilge rat, as well as t' parachute, matey, and created a beautiful cloud o' light. Avast, me proud beauty! It took nearly an hour t' find it, me bucko, arrr, but I got it back, me hearties, with t' help o' two other people searchin' t' entire recovery area, matey, ya bilge rat, and it be once again in perfect shape. Begad! Avast, me proud beauty!
Recovery:
T' shock cord be attached t' a metal strin' which is then attached t' t' top
centerin' ring. Begad! Begad! This method has never failed for me, shiver me timbers, and on this kit, arrr, me hearties, it was
perfect. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! recovery had no problems with speed or anythin' gettin' damaged.
Though I've flown mine only twice, ya bilge rat, 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! Avast! 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. Aye aye! I see no real con's with this one.
Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5
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