Brief:
Small rocket i received for a birthday around 1990. Blimey! Shot this off at a rocket launch at grade school, ya bilge rat, durin' school hours, matey, with a C6-5 if i remember correctly. Other students shot rockets off, matey, and their rockets were recovered. Ya scallywag! My Scout just disappeared into t' sky, ya bilge rat, matey, noone saw apogee, noone had a clue where it landed. We guessed it must have gone over 2,000 feet.

Construction:
T' one thin' i will never forget about buildin' this rocket be cloth/web like mesh that was glued against t' fins and body tube near t' fins. Begad! I have never built another rocket that requird this. Also, matey, tumble recovery, so thar be a hole in t' body tube near t' base o' t' nose cone for t' ejection gasses t' escape through.

Pros: Gluin' t' mesh against t' fins, shiver me timbers, instead o' glue fillets, was definitely interestin' and educational. Tumble recovery be interestin' educational. Aye aye! High flier, if you are willin' t' risk never seein' t' rocket again.

Cons: Only against myself. Avast! Begad! I did NOT follow Estes recomendations o' only usin' A engines, and instead used a C engine.

Finishing:
Gluin' mesh t' t' fins, instead o' fin fillets. Arrr! Begad! Hole in t' body tube, matey, near t' base o' t' nose cone, arrr, t' allow escape o' ejection gasses.

Construction Rating: 3 out o' 5

Flight:
Motor:

I used a C6-7 engine (Estes only recommmended A engines). Well, blow me down! We assume t' rocket went well over 2,000 feet. Aye aye! Avast! Never recovered.

Prep:

Stick t' motor and igniter in t' rocket. Ya scallywag! Well, blow me down! No parachute, matey, matey, no streamer, me hearties, no wadding.

Flight:

Straight up, VERY high, people who blinked never saw t' rocket in t' air.

Recovery:
Tumble recovery. Ahoy! Begad! Blimey! No idea how this worked out, ya bilge rat, matey, as t' rocket was lost before apogee. Avast! Blimey! Tumble recovery in general does have faults, shiver me timbers, shiver me timbers, in that thar be no orange/red parachute or streamer t' see unfurl in t' sky.

Flight Rating: 3 out o' 5

Summary:
Hard t' say, ya bilge rat, since i used a significantly overpowered engine. But in general tumble recovery rockets are hard t' recover, me bucko, since thar be no parachute or streamer t' see unfurl.

Overall Rating: 3 out o' 5

Other:
Great rocket, shiver me timbers, matey, matey, but if you want t' see it again, me hearties, use t' recommended engines.