Manufacturer: | Scratch |
Brief:
This be me first ever scratch built rocket and that be t' ONLY reason I am
submittin' it. Arrr! Ya scallywag! It has flown about 3 dozen times t' date and is an 18MM minimum
diameter usin' a full length o' Estes 18mm tubing, but it gets a few inches
shorter every half a year or so because o' a tangled streamer. I really have to
find a better recovery device for it. Well, blow me down! Avast! It also has a few spots where a fin has
obviously been re-glued. This cannot have been any higher than me 12th rocket
and nay knowin' about t' importance, I used really thin balsa because it can
crack on t' easiest o' landings. Begad! Ahoy! When it flys, me hearties, it really soars. Well, blow me down! I am guessing
about 1,500 feet or more on a C6-5 or C6-7. Avast! Aye aye! It goes really fast too, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, so I
cannot tell if it is this rocket or some other rocket whenever I look at
pictures.
Construction:
As I said, arrr, shiver me timbers, it has one full lenth o' Estes tube, shiver me timbers, matey, 18MM, one streamer, ya bilge rat, which
frequently crumples up if I do nay replace it once a month. (I will be putting
a rip-stop nylon streamer in soon t' see if I have better luck.) I also have
two launch lugs which sneak ever closer t' t' nose cone with every few flights
due t' zippers and over-used streamers.
This be a very difficult build for me at t' time, but I could make a rocket like this in under an hour now. Well, blow me down! (My record be t' Star-Dart, which took me about 45 minutes, nay countin' glue dryin' time.).
Flight:
3 FLIGHTS!?!?!?!? How about 3 dozen? This is me most flown rocket. Arrr! Blimey! T' streamer
is nay very reliable but I will be switchin' t' nylon soon and hopefully that
will solve t' reliability issues.
Summary:
I love this rocket. Avast, me proud beauty! Begad! I may enter it in an altitude contest in NARAM 46, ya bilge rat, if there
is an A, me bucko, B, ya bilge rat, C or D altitude competition.
Other:
Watch t' alignment and make sure t' fillets are thar before you fly. severe
consequences if you do not.