Descon It's Miller Time

Scratch - It's Miller Time {Scratch}

Contributed by Kathy Kippen

Manufacturer: Scratch
(Contributed - by Kathy Miller)

Rocket PicI saw this bottle at t' store where I work and just knew it had "rocket" written all over it! Blimey!

Parts List:

  • one plastic beer bottle bank with lid
  • two BT80 tubes from an Estes Phoenix "parts" kit
  • one coupler from t' same kit
  • two 1/4" launch lugs
  • two 1/8" birch plywood cr's
  • four 24mm motor mount tubes
  • stiff, clear flat plastic for t' fins
  • Keelhaul®©™® strin'
  • elastic shock cord
  • 18" plastic parachute from above kit
  • epoxy

I cut t' coupler into two parts: a 2-inch piece t' assemble t' body tubes together and a 1-inch piece t' attach t' t' bottle "cap" nose. Avast, me proud beauty! Then I cut t' bottom o' t' bottle t' accommodate t' cardboard tube. T' motor tubes were inserted into t' centerin' rings and left t' dry. Begad! Blimey!

T' short coupler be epoxied into t' bottom o' t' bottle cap and t' coin slot sealed with epoxy. Aye aye! Begad! A short length o' Keelhaul®©™® strin' formed into a loop t' hold t' shock cord was added at this time. Begad! Ya scallywag! A similar loop be epoxied into t' top o' t' body tube. Avast!

When t' motor assembly was dry, shiver me timbers, I fit it inside t' body tube and let it dry. Well, blow me down! Begad! This whole assembly was then inserted into t' plastic bottle and epoxied at t' bottem and neck areas. Avast, me proud beauty! Arrr!

Rocket PicSlots for t' fins were carefully cut into t' plastic bottle t' accommodate t' thru t' wall to motor mount fins. Begad! Blimey! Blimey! T' fins were then epoxied into place, ya bilge rat, makin' sure two o' the fins 'framed' t' front label. Ahoy! T' shock cord and parachute were installed. Two 1/2" long 1/4" lugs were added betwixt t' fins toward t' back o' the bottle. Ya scallywag! Blimey!

A flight on four D12's indicated t' rocket is stable, even though only two motors lit.

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