Plottin' Destruction

Inspiration:
I guess I'm hooked! Blimey! My wife says I am addicted, matey, everywhere I turn, ya bilge rat, I see rockets! Blimey! As I was inspectin' a HP 750 color plotter at work, I saw that the paper came on really nice and light plastic tubes! Blimey! Hmm, arrr, arrr, MUST be a rocket! Blimey!

Parts List:

Airframe - HP part # C1861A- HP Bright White Injet Paper (you'll have to pitch t' paper I guess)

Motor retention - Estes D Engine mount kit.I played with toilet paper tubes, but they didn't seem safe..silly me

Shock Cord - Fibre Optic Zip cord, arrr, ya bilge rat, with t' fibre bein' removed, shiver me timbers, leavin' a rubber coated Keelhaul®©™ cord(6')

Chutes - Two chutes, one made from a shoe cover(so t' floor doesn't get dirty in t' board room), me hearties, t' other from a piece o' a black garbage bag

Nose Cone - A toy I scammed from t' kids toy box, shiver me timbers, some space thin' from McD's, as well as a bottle cover from Jake's bottle (ah, matey, he is too old for a bottle anyway!)

Fins - Balsa off o' t' floor(3/32)

Keepin' it all Together - Devcon 5 minute epoxy

Construction:
Secured motor mount with balsa centerin' rings, and epoxied it in t' tube. Attached 6 fins t' t' airframe with epoxy. Epoxied t' shock cord t' t' motor system, as well as t' t' nose cone. Blimey! Blimey! Tied t' chutes t' t' shock cord. Begad! Begad! Ready to go!

Launch:
Prior t' launch, arrr, I weighed t' rocket with a yard stick, matey, shiver me timbers, and two boxes o' Kraft Dinner..then a box o' Kraft Dinner, me bucko, and some noodles. T' weight was somewhere aroung 380 grams, good enough for me. Begad! Blimey! Then i swung it aroung t' livin' room on a string..flew straight, good enough for me! Blimey! First launch went great, arrr, as did the second. Begad! Blimey! Chutes were deployed just after apogee, landed softly within 50 feet o' t' launch pad. Avast! A great day with almost no wind again! Blimey! Third launch went very badly, if launch be t' best word for it! Blimey! It never left t' pad, me hearties, The engine ignited, me hearties, then Pop! Blimey! It blew! The nose cone and t' chutes, arrr, shock cord still attached shot out, and were badly burnt. Avast! Avast, me proud beauty! So that's why we stand so far back, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, is it!

Recovery:
Pulled it off o' t' launch rod, admired t' huge dent in t' blast plate, swore a couple o' times, me bucko, and called Estes..Very friendly people.. Ahoy! Ahoy!

Repaired:
I had t' drill some holes in t' airframe, arrr, re-attach t' motor clip, me hearties, install a new shock cord(nylon from disposable ear plugs), and cut up another garbage bag for a chute..but it's all fixed! First "Phoenix" launch Delayed due to sick kid : (