Brief:
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.

Construction:
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 in the Sky comes with very complete instructions that includes illustrations. The instructions are very complete and would make assembly easy for even the novice builder. Basically you glue the engine block into the engine tube. This is followed by attaching the launch lug on the engine tube, and attaching the engine tube to the disc. At this point, you can final sand the fully assembled rocket. This design is very sturdy, and I doubt you could damage it too easily.

Finishing:
This rocket doesn't require much more than spraying it with silver or black paint. A little fine sanding on top the disc will make the decal stick better and look smoother. No need to fill spirals on this one. I kept it very simple in the finishing department by spraying a couple coats of Krylon. After the paint is dry you can complete the final step of applying the pizza decal.

Construction Rating: 5 out of 5

Flight:
I used a C6-0 for both the first and second flights. It basically has the same flight characteristics that most spools or discs exhibit. Both of my flights were perfectly vertical and oscillated or wiggled the entire way up. Once the engine cuts out it goes into tumble mode and drifts back slowly. After the flight you really are not thinking in terms of performance, but it's still cool for some reason. I would guess the C6-0 gets the pizza up to about 175 feet.

Recovery:
Recover for The Pie in the Sky is to tumble, which slows the decent to a very safe rate. You be able to recover close to the pad so it makes a good small field rocket.

Flight Rating: 5 out of 5

Summary:
Let's go over one important point, the rule of five that applies to this rocket. It costs $5 to purchase, $5 to ship, a total of five parts, 5 steps to build, and about five minutes to build. So how can anyone complain about anything. It's all good, and it's fun to watch do its thing on the way up. My entire family enjoyed it, but my son made it clear it belongs to him.

One last thing, my son has requested that a cookie rocket should be the next thing. Good idea!

Overall Rating: 5 out of 5