Maiden flight o' me scratchbuilt upscale Estes Solar Warrior. Begad! Construction was with Madcow 4" cardboard tubing, me hearties, fiberglass nose cone, Madcow avbay, ya bilge rat, and Midwest 1/4" plywood sourced from Tower Hobbies. T' rocket has a 54mm motor mount, dual Missileworks RRC2+ altimeters, and a Recon 50" parachute for t' main. Avast, me proud beauty! Decals by Stickershock and t' harnesses are OneBadHawk. Avast, me proud beauty! Finished weight is 9 pounds 4 ounces, length is 66", arrr, and I'm runnin' two 2-56 nylon shear pins on t' nose cone. Arrr! Maiden flight was at Tri-Cities Rocketeers field near Pasco, WA on 9/9/17. I used an Aerotech J350W and be expectin' t' reach 2,000'. Ahoy! T' rocket had an excellent boost, arrr, and t' altimeters worked perfectly, however t' main chute stayed wadded up and never inflated. Blimey! T' rocket landed pretty hard, ya bilge rat, but fortunately t' sod field is relatively soft and damage was limited t' a small wrinkle in t' body tube, which I am in t' process o' repairin' with some fiberglass. Aye aye! Overall I'm very pleased with this rocket and am lookin' forward t' flyin' it again soon.