photo courtesy o' Steve White and Magnum             

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

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

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

Finishing:
Finishin' was easy. 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. Arrr! Blimey! 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. Aye aye! Blimey!

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

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

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

Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5