It was an overall fun build. In my opinion, it is one of the easier builds (for reference I've also built the Super Big Bertha). It probably flew the highest of the 5 rockets I've launched before. One downside is they require many expensive tools and supplies such as yellow glue, ca glue, sanding block, hobby knife, primer, paint, gloss after coat. I ended up using hot glue, scissors, a piece of sandpaper, and acrylic paint I found lying around. The decals were very hard to apply, and the fin ones kept falling off. The launch was spectacular but even though the wind speeds topped out at 5mph that day it was blow like a feather into the woods. Also it was nearly impossible to see at apogee. We think we saw the recovery system deploy but later saw it come down hard into the woods. Overal it was a fun experience (even though we used a launch pad from the 80s).
