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 the bag there were the following components:

• 1 ply disk
• 1 motor mount tube
• 1 launch lug
• 1 thrust ring
• 1 pizza decal
• 1 instruction sheet

The instructions are very simple and only contain four construction steps. It doesn't get much easier than that folks. To build the rocket, all you do is start by gluing the thrust ring into one end of the motor mount tube. Once dry, you draw a line straight down the motor mount tube and glue the launch lug flush with the end of the tube that has the thrust ring in it. You then mount the disk on the end of the tube with the launch lug and thrust ring. I had to sand the hole in the disk to get a snug but not too tight fit. Add some fillets and you're done.

PROs: Builds extremely fast.

CONs: None unless you want a builders kit, which this is not.

Finishing:
To finish this rocket, I sprayed it with a single coat of white primer and lightly sanded it when it dried. The instructions suggest black for the motor mount tube which I did by using Wal-Mart brand gloss black spray enamel. Once that was dry, I masked it off and painted the pizza disk bright silver with Testor's silver spray enamel. After the silver was dry, I applied the pizza decal to complete the rocket.

PROs: Finishes almost as fast as it builds.

CONS: None.

Construction Rating: 5 out of 5

Flight:
The recommended motors for the Pie In The Sky are the B6-0 and C6-0 booster motors. Both the Estes and Quest versions will work fine.

To prep the pizza for flight, you just friction fit your delivery method of choice (motor) into the motor mount, box up (place on pad), and get ready to deliver (launch)

For my two flights I used the Quest C6-0 motor. At launch the pizza left the rod and headed up slowly but straight and maybe reached 200 feet. At that point, the motor burned out as expected and the rocket began to tumble end over end for a quick, easy recovery close to the pad.

The second flight was on the same motor and was an exact repeat of the previous flight.

I wouldn't recommend the B6-0 as I think it would be too boring unless you're flying from a front or back yard. Otherwise, go straight to the C6-0 and enjoy.

PROs: Quick and easy flight prep, low and slow flights, and tumble recovery.

Recovery:
This rocket tumbles end over end upon recovery. Quick and easy.

PROs: Easy recovery.

CONs: none.

Flight Rating: 5 out of 5

Summary:
I really like this little oddroc. It is cheap, has a neat (pizza) theme to it and it is very well suited for small launch areas. I also feel this would make an excellent first oddroc kit if you're looking to start flying oddrocs. This kit cost $4.95 and is available from Squirrel Works but you might want to consider grabbing another kit from them to offset the $5.00 shipping fee.

Main PROs: Easy to build and flies great.

MAIN CONs: None at all.

Overall Rating: 5 out of 5