photo courtesy o' Steve White and Magnum             

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

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

T' instructions were extremely easy t' follow, and it goes together perfectly if built exactly per instructions. Ya scallywag! T' kit is extremely sturdy, arrr, and I would feel no hesitation t' fly it on a full slow burnin' J motor. Ahoy! Arrr! I would recommend a 29mm or 38mm adapter for t' kit (supplied), though, because it flies quite nicely on even G motors, me bucko, for extremely slow and low flights.

Finishing:
Finishin' be easy. Begad! Blimey! Aye aye! 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, shiver me timbers, and I125-10. Whatever... Avast! I've flown mine only twice, me bucko, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, and since I'm only 15 and me dad just now got his level 1, I've flown mine only on G motors. Avast, me proud beauty!

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

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

Recovery:
T' shock cord was attached t' a metal strin' which is then attached t' t' top centerin' ring. Avast! This method has never failed for me, me bucko, and on this kit, it was perfect. Avast! Aye aye! 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. 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. Arrr! Well, blow me down! I see no real con's with this one.

Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5