Brief:
Ready to fly, Tube Fin, Minimum Diameter, 18mm Motor, Streamer Recovery

When placing a recent order at Discount Rockets, I noticed a line of LPR rockets that I had never heard of. They were inexpensive and I wanted to see what they were like. One of them, the Toob'oh, was ready to fly needing nothing. It is a tube finned, minimum diameter, 18mm rocket with streamer recovery.

Construction:

It was ready to fly with no construction.

Finishing:
It was pre-painted and pre-decaled. It didn't look too bad.

Construction Rating: 4 out of 5

Flight:
As it turns out, I did not get to fly the Toob'oh when expected but I did give it a test flight a week later on my birthday. For its initial foray into the sky I loaded it with a Quest A6-4, put in some dog barf to protect the streamer and set it up at the pad. None of the guys present had ever heard of the company or the rocket. It took off of the pad quickly and flew straight. During the coast phase it continued to gain some significant altitude. The ejection charge popped the streamer and it came down headed straight for the barbed wire fence that had plagued my rockets all day. There was no damage and it was ready to fly again after minimal prepping.

Drift on the A motor, barbed wire fences, a muddy field and general laziness conspired to decide that the second flight would be an a 1/2A6-2. The rocket was prepped as before and taken to the rack and there I noticed what I had not seen before. The previous ejection had discolored the end of the body tube with soot. There had been no harm to the rocket or the streamer and most was easily wiped away. The flight profile of the second flight was much as the first but not as high. It took off quickly and flew to a lower altitude and I was struck by the notion that this might be a nice rocket to use for streamer demos in front of kids who have a hard time following the action higher up. Then ejection did occur and everything happened as it should have. The rocket drifted down not too far and again was completely undamaged.

Recovery:
As mentioned before, this rocket came with a streamer. It was already installed. It consisted of a length of pink plastic ribbon perforated at one end with a hole reinforced by a paper reinforcing ring. The streamer was free to slide the length of the shock line. I had not seen this done before but it seemed to work fine.

Flight Rating: 5 out of 5

Summary:
I personally would have preferred building this rocket myself instead of getting something ready to fly. The rocket itself, though, was nice, well put together and a good flyer. It is very inexpensive so I suppose that if you have the need for something ready to fly it would be a good choice.

This rocket will be chronicled during its lifetime here.

Overall Rating: 4 out of 5