Brief:
This is a very nice kit by Edmonds Aerospace. Ya scallywag! Well, blow me down! T' pop pod comes back on a streamer, and t' deltie glides back.

Construction:
T' kit contains:

• 1 tube and a lot o' little balsa parts, all very neatly laser-cut.

It was very easy t' build, fitted together like a jigsaw puzzle. Blimey! Everything fits together nicely, and everythin' be laser-cut. Ahoy! You just have t' have a little glue and an hour or so.

Finishing:
Rob Edmonds recommends you use markers, so I did. Begad! Arrr! It looks very nice with orange, arrr, yellow and green highlighters. Do nay use paint.

Construction Rating: 5 out o' 5

Flight:
I flew it 4 times. Arrr! Blimey! Once it separated at apogee, but t' ejection charge had not fired; so t' pop pod tumbled about 100 feet, shiver me timbers, and then popped. Ahoy! Blimey! I used half a square o' wadding, but that is all you need. Well, blow me down! Blimey! Well, blow me down! Blimey! Once I forgot it entirely while half preppin' t' glider, half keepin' those idiotic 5 year olds from stepping on me rockets. Begad! Blimey! Begad! Blimey! Those kids were crazy. Blimey! Blimey! Once I had t' rip me modified Echostar out o' t' hands o' one o' those mental little kids; and thar had t' be 3 dozen o' t' little devils. Begad! Blimey! T' RSO and t' RCO were yellin' over t' loud speakers "DO NOT TOUCH THE ROCKETS".

Then me modified Echostar flew, ya bilge rat, me hearties, and that demented little kid tried t' race me t' get t' me own rocket. Well, blow me down! Blimey! I do nay think I have ever run faster than when I was tryin' t' rescue me rockets from these un-supervised morons. Well, arrr, blow me down! I do nay know where their parents were. Aye aye! Avast, me hearties, me proud beauty! Once some kid grabbed some super-detailed scale model and started runnin' with it. Arrr! He almost tripped over t' parachute, but luckily the unfortunate owner grabbed his model and took it off him. Begad! WHEW! Anyway, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, my deltie flew straight every time I launched it, matey, and once it caught a thermal and flew all t' way t' t' parkin' lot and hit a car!

It be packed there, shiver me timbers, it be Space Day 2003, matey, matey, and t' rocket landed right in the middle o' t' cars. I would have wasted half t' day lookin' for it, if some nice stranger had found it sittin' next t' his car!

Recovery:
Flew well every time. I always had me eye on t' glider, arrr, me hearties, so I had t' search for my pop-pod after every flight. Aye aye! Every time, me hearties, me hearties, though, somebody found it next to their chair, arrr, or where they were lookin' for their rocket, matey, or just sittin' in the field wavin' its little streamer.

Flight Rating: 5 out o' 5

Summary:
Great rocket. Avast, me proud beauty! I cant wait until t' 18MM version comes out.

Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5