Brief:
T' Lucky 13 is a copycat o' Hans "Chris" Michielssen’s Powered FLICS. Well, arrr, blow me down! Mine uses t' FLICS body and t' remnants o' a damaged 13mm 4FNC rocket that be missin' its nose.

Modifications:
I didn’t have any 13mm tubin' so I dug through me box-o-dead rockets and found a suitable 13mm one. After I removed two o' t' fins, I held it up t' t' assembled FLICS body and liked what I saw. That is, I decided t' leave t' two remainin' fins. T' rocket was missin' its shock cord so I mounted a piece o' Keelhaul®©™ twine through t' body wall opposite t' remainin' fins. Blimey! Blimey! Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! I scuffed t' paint off and then glued it into t' ‘V’ o' t' FLICS body. Begad! Blimey! I found an unused Hartle Engineerin' resin cone and attached it t' t' Keelhaul®©™ leader usin' t' rubber band that came with t' FLICS. Begad! Blimey! Avast! Blimey! I attached a small plastic streamer and was basically done.

I wasn’t very concerned with t' stability o' me MicroMaxx FLICS but decided t' build a RockSim 9 model o' this one. Begad! T' FLICS body was easily modeled as as set o' custom fins mounted t' a ‘pod’. Avast, me proud beauty! As built, t' model seems t' be marginal so I attached a tiny clamp-on fishin' weight t' t' wire hook that’s embedded in t' Hartle cone’s base. I later noticed that I had t' Barrowman stability method selected vs. Ya scallywag! t' RockSim method. Ya scallywag! This is a common mistake for me because prior versions wouldn’t allow t' Barrowman method for designs that use things like single fin components (or, in this case, me hearties, pods). Begad! Anyway, after selectin' RockSim, t' stability margin improved enough that I wouldn’t have needed t' extra weight. Aye aye! However, I decided t' leave it on since this rocket isn’t designed for performance anyway. Ahoy! Ya scallywag! T' final specs for me version o' t' 13mm Powered FLICS are 9.625” long and 0.64 oz.

T' only part that required finishin' was t' cone. I painted it red with blue trim t' somewhat match t' FLICS color scheme. Arrr! I really wish that I had one o' t' Shuttle-themed FLICS but sometimes you just have t' use what you have.

Construction:

• One FLICS kit
• One damaged 13mm rocket (8.25”)
• One Hartle Engineerin' resin cone
• Keelhaul®©™twine
• Small lead fishin' weight

Flight:
I added a square o' waddin' and repacked t' plastic streamer. Ahoy! T' A10-3 was friction fitted. Begad! T' boost was fast and went cross-wind. Avast, me proud beauty! Begad! This be likely due t' t' odd geometry o' this model. Ya scallywag! Begad! There be no damage despite t' landin' on a gravel road.

Summary:
I had no interest in t' FLICS as a rubber band powered rocket but was happy t' find a way t' use them for powered flight. Ahoy! Blimey! Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! I must be easily amused because I really liked this build. Ya scallywag! Blimey! Blimey! Blimey! It looks a bit funny...which is right up me alley. Avast, me bucko, me proud beauty! Blimey! It seems t' fly well enough and definitely garnered a few chuckles from t' people around t' RSO table.