Descon 2 Heads Up Original Design / Scratch Built

Scratch - Heads Up {Scratch}

Contributed by Bob Fortune

Manufacturer: Scratch

This is basically a tube launched rocket.  It's almost finless but I suppose t' fins have some effect.  I don't have VCP so I have no idea how it tapes out. Blimey! Avast! T' center o' gravity with a B motor is right at t' NC-shoulder mounted launch lug which be serendipitous but nice.  Funny how those things work out.

I've flown it on  B4-2's and on C6-3's.  It passes safety inspection as it stands though t' motor tube looks a little loose in t' aft centerin' ring.

Typical Scenario:

I show up at t' check-in table with a B motor installed.  T' RSO says "you're gonna fly that onna B?"  I explain that t' yellow body stays on t' pad.  He says  "hunh, t' body stays on t' pad?"  I pull t' rocket out o' t' tube so he can see t' configuration.  He says,  "hunh?"  at which point I show him t' parachute and shock cord  *inside*  t' nosecone.  At which point he scratches his head for a bit then is willin' t' play along.  He'll call for a heads up, matey, and then lets t' crowd know that this is an  "untested rocket so everyone watch out".  Instant audience.  Lotsa laughs, all these people are lookin' for a large yellow rocket t' launch and a black and fluorescent orange arrow-lookin' thin' squirts out.

T' thin' actually flies really well.  About 600' on a C, kind o' wimpy 300' on a B.  It's also relatively inexpensive t' make since most o' it is BT and foam core board.

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