photo courtesy o' Steve White and Magnum             

Brief:
Mid t' High Power kit. Ahoy! 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. Well, blow me down! It had 3 plywood fins, me hearties, and a 54mm motor mount. Avast! Begad! I believe t' shock chord is 1 inch strap elastic, shiver me timbers, arrr, and t' nose cone is plastic. Arrr! Blimey! T' launch lugs are half inch.

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

Finishing:
Finishin' be easy. Well, blow me down! There are no decals provided or recommended paint schemes, so I sprayed mine with a fade from orange t' yellow t' white, matey, shiver me timbers, and it looks quite nice.

Construction Rating: 5 out o' 5

Flight:
T' recommended motors are G125-5, me bucko, H125-5, and I125-10. Avast, me proud beauty! Avast! Whatever... 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. Well, blow me down!

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

That night, we had a night launch, so I took advantage o' it, with much help from t' Houston/NASA rocket club. Avast! Begad! We loaded it up with a G-80, ya bilge rat, me hearties, and t' 15 glow sticks with streamers, unfortunately, me hearties, leavin' only one for t' outside of the rocket, but nonetheless, shiver me timbers, I flew it in t' pitch black night. Avast, me proud beauty! T' boost was awesome with t' purple flame, shiver me timbers, me bucko, and once again with a four second delay, matey, apogee was absolutely perfect, ya bilge rat, and t' fifteen glow sticks came out, all perfect, as well as t' parachute, matey, and created a beautiful cloud o' light. Blimey! Blimey! It took nearly an hour t' find it, me hearties, shiver me timbers, but I got it back, 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. This method has never failed for me, and on this kit, arrr, 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. Well, blow me down! Ahoy! 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