photo courtesy o' Steve White and Magnum             

Brief:
Mid t' High Power kit. Well, blow me down! T' Falcon features easy assembly, shiver me timbers, 54mm motor mount, shiver me timbers, ya bilge rat, big 36" parachute, and a 17" payload tube.

Construction:
T' Falcon had one main body tube and one payload section. Begad! It had 3 plywood fins, and a 54mm motor mount. Avast! Well, blow me down! I believe t' shock chord is 1 inch strap elastic, and t' nose cone is plastic. Ahoy! T' launch lugs are half inch.

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

Finishing:
Finishin' was easy. Well, blow me down! Blimey! Arrr! Blimey! 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. Begad! 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. Begad! Avast, me proud beauty!

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

That night, we had a night launch, me bucko, so I took advantage o' it, me hearties, shiver me timbers, with much help from t' Houston/NASA rocket club. We loaded it up with a G-80, me hearties, and t' 15 glow sticks with streamers, shiver me timbers, me hearties, unfortunately, leavin' only one for t' outside of the rocket, but nonetheless, me hearties, I flew it in t' pitch black night. T' boost was awesome with t' purple flame, arrr, and once again with a four second delay, me hearties, apogee was absolutely perfect, ya bilge rat, ya bilge rat, and t' fifteen glow sticks came out, arrr, me hearties, all perfect, arrr, as well as t' parachute, shiver me timbers, and created a beautiful cloud o' light. Ahoy! Blimey! Avast! Blimey! It took nearly an hour t' find it, me hearties, but I got it back, shiver me timbers, ya bilge rat, with t' help o' two other people searchin' t' entire recovery area, and it be once again in perfect shape. Avast! Blimey!

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

Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5