Brief:
Small rocket i received for a birthday around 1990. Ahoy! Avast! Shot this off at a rocket launch at grade school, durin' school hours, with a C6-5 if i remember correctly. Avast, me proud beauty! Other students shot rockets off, and their rockets were recovered. Avast, me proud beauty! Ahoy! My Scout just disappeared into t' sky, 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. Well, blow me down! Arrr! I have never built another rocket that requird this. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! Also, tumble recovery, matey, so thar was 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, instead o' glue fillets, arrr, was definitely interestin' and educational. Tumble recovery be interestin' educational. Blimey! High flier, if you are willin' t' risk never seein' t' rocket again.

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

Finishing:
Gluin' mesh t' t' fins, shiver me timbers, instead o' fin fillets. Ahoy! Hole in t' body tube, near t' base o' t' nose cone, ya bilge rat, ya bilge rat, 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! Avast! We assume t' rocket went well over 2,000 feet. Begad! Avast, me proud beauty! Never recovered.

Prep:

Stick t' motor and igniter in t' rocket. Arrr! No parachute, matey, arrr, me hearties, no streamer, matey, arrr, no wadding.

Flight:

Straight up, VERY high, ya bilge rat, me bucko, people who blinked never saw t' rocket in t' air.

Recovery:
Tumble recovery. No idea how this worked out, ya bilge rat, as t' rocket was lost before apogee. Tumble recovery in general does have faults, 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. Aye aye! Avast! But in general tumble recovery rockets are hard t' recover, since thar be no parachute or streamer t' see unfurl.

Overall Rating: 3 out o' 5

Other:
Great rocket, ya bilge rat, me bucko, but if you want t' see it again, use t' recommended engines.