photo courtesy o' Steve White and Magnum             

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

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

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

Finishing:
Finishin' was easy. Well, blow me down! 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, shiver me timbers, shiver me timbers, H125-5, me bucko, shiver me timbers, and I125-10. Whatever... Begad! I've flown mine only twice, arrr, and since I'm only 15 and me dad just now got his level 1, I've flown mine only on G motors.

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

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

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, arrr, and on this kit, me bucko, me hearties, it was perfect. 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! Aye aye! I see no real con's with this one.

Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5