Mid power Nike Smoke

As I mentioned in an earlier post, Simon and I got a Cosmodrome Nike Smoke for Christmas. It's heavenly building from a kit and not scratch building because everything is there and I don't have to worry about ordering the parachute or the engine mount. The parts were good quality. The fins and centering rings 1/4in aircraft plywood and the nose cone was an impressive 14in of balsa. The body tube was a little weak but since its a shorter rocket it's fine to have a little bit of a flimsy tube. We painted it to scale but had some problems with crappy paint.We plan to fly it on a F engine. It will go about 1600'