Squirrel Works - Pie In The Sky {Kit}

Squirrel Works Pie In The Sky

Squirrel Works - Pie In The Sky {Kit}

Contributed by Bob Allen

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Diameter:	4.63 inches
Manufacturer:	Squirrel Works
Skill Level:	1
Style:	Odd-Roc

Brief:
It's a flying pizza. What else can be said?

Construction:
The kit contains one engine tube, one thrust ring, one 1/8" launch lug, One large laser cut pie ring, and one large pizza sticker.

This was extremely easy to build. Took less than 5 minutes. Glue the thrust ring inside the engine tube. Then draw a line straight down the tube. Glue the launch lug on the line. Glue the engine tube inside the pizza pan, flush with the edge, and then paint when dry. Make sure the launch lug is lined up with the hole in the pan before the glue dries.

Finishing:
After some quick silver paint, it was just putting the pizza sticker on it, which has stayed on quite well.

Construction Rating: 5 out of 5

Flight:
Only one flight so far on a C6-0. Flew straight about 350 feet and then flipped end over end down to a safe tumble recovery.

Recovery:
Tumble recovery was perfect with a completely safe recovery.

Flight Rating: 5 out of 5

Summary:
Everybody at the club (CATO) was laughing at this flight. This is a fun little flight, and people in the club are going to buy more. For 5 bucks, you can't go wrong here.

Overall Rating: 5 out of 5

Other Reviews

Squirrel Works Pie In The Sky By John Bergsmith (October 8, 2008)
An easy to build odd-roc that can be built and painted in about 30 minutes. It's a high drag disc design that features tumble recovery. It makes a perfect small fields rocket. It would be extremely difficult to find a more simple rocket to assemble. The design features a grand total of five parts, laser cut lite ply disc, engine tube, engine block, launch lug, and the pizza decal. The Pie ...
Squirrel Works Pie In The Sky By Chan Stevens (September 6, 2008)
Brief: This has got to be one of the neatest "saucer" designs I've seen. It flies good (well, for a saucer), and looks tasty. It's not every day you see a flying pizza. Construction: A quick 2 days after my online order, the nicely packed box arrived with the following parts in the baggie: Plywood disk Motor tube Launch lug Motor block Adhesive ...
Squirrel Works Pie In The Sky By Donald Besaw Jr (August 27, 2008)
Brief: Mmmm, fresh oven hot pizza--and an oddroc to boot! That's right, a flying pizza and it also flies on 18mm B6-0 and C6-0 motors and tumbles upon recovery. However, you might not want to build one if you are currently having any pizza cravings. Construction: This kit is extremely simple and only contains six pieces if you count the pizza decal and instruction sheet. In ...

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Comments:

M.F.S. (September 3, 2008)

The review is accurate. No real skill is required to assemble the kit which fits me perfectly. I painted my pan in left over Semroc Sky of Gold paint. The made in Italy stencil on the bottom of the pan is a nice touch. I used an Estes C 6-0 at the Freedom Launch in Orangeburg. My "pie" had a "Mary Poppins" recovery in that it floated down like an umbrella.

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