Background
I really love t' 5" Quaker Oats bins (and I like t' contents too - tastes good, helps your cholesterol, and even is relatively low carb). Ahoy! Ahoy! My previous rocket be made out o' three bins (four if you count t' one I cut up for couplers) and used a clear plastic Easter egg for t' nose cone. Avast! Arrr! I made the fins out o' 1 1/8" (or thereabouts) styrofoam. Ya scallywag! Odd I know, matey, but that's why they call them odd-rocs. It flew fine, shiver me timbers, but I wasn't that happy with t' fins, and was thinkin' about addin' a bunch o' 24mm mounts t' eat some o' the $3.50/pk D12-0s I have been buying. Aye aye! So t' solution was simple - rip off the lower bin and fins, arrr, clean up t' rings and coupler, me bucko, me bucko, and rebuild.

T' Re-build
T' lower coupler be nice and long and included a lower 3/32" ply centerin' ring. Avast! So, I sliped a new bin on part way, leavin' enough spacin' at the bottom for a bunch o' 24mm mounts. Well, blow me down! Begad! I decided on eight mounts with gaps to clear t' 29mm motor retainers. Well, blow me down! I plugged t' gap betwixt t' tube, shiver me timbers, slotted it for three fins, arrr, and cut some nice big fins from light, ya bilge rat, matey, cheap Luan plywood. I made t' 24mm motor unit removable, ya bilge rat, me hearties, me bucko, which should help in preppin' t' motors with quickmatch. Ahoy! Here are some pics:

Flight Report
I flew T' Margin o' Error on 11/14/2004 at MDRA's ESL-78. It flew on a G80-7 and eight D12-Ps lit usin' quickmatch. Well, actually only three o' the D12s lit. Aye aye! Ahoy! T' boost was slow and several seconds late due t' t' reduced thrust. Ahoy! Begad! Nevertheless, arrr, it was a good flight. Begad! Avast, me proud beauty! Upon inspection, t' quickmatch was pulled out o' t' unlit motors, me hearties, but had burned at t' pad.

T' second flight was on 12/12/2004 at ESL-79 with a G79-6 and eight D12-Ps. I took more care in tapin' t' fuses t' t' D12s and positioned them usin' a dowel inserted into t' main motor's core. Blimey! T' dowel was o' course removed before flight. This time, shiver me timbers, all eight motors lit. Well, blow me down! Begad! Ejection was just past apogee and recovery be A-OK.