Background
I really love t' 5" Quaker Oats bins (and I like t' contents too - tastes good, ya bilge rat, helps your cholesterol, matey, and even is relatively low carb). Aye aye! Avast, me proud beauty! My previous rocket was 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. Well, blow me down! Well, blow me down! I made the fins out o' 1 1/8" (or thereabouts) styrofoam. Avast, me proud beauty! Ahoy! Odd I know, shiver me timbers, but that's why they call them odd-rocs. Blimey! It flew fine, 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! Avast, me proud beauty! So t' solution was simple - rip off the lower bin and fins, matey, clean up t' rings and coupler, matey, arrr, and rebuild.

T' Re-build
T' lower coupler was nice and long and included a lower 3/32" ply centerin' ring. Begad! Avast! So, shiver me timbers, me bucko, I sliped a new bin on part way, arrr, leavin' enough spacin' at the bottom for a bunch o' 24mm mounts. Well, blow me down! Ya scallywag! I decided on eight mounts with gaps to clear t' 29mm motor retainers. I plugged t' gap betwixt t' tube, matey, slotted it for three fins, and cut some nice big fins from light, cheap Luan plywood. Avast! Blimey! I made t' 24mm motor unit removable, which should help in preppin' t' motors with quickmatch. Aye aye! Ya scallywag! 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, blow me down! Well, actually only three o' the D12s lit. Blimey! Aye aye! T' boost be slow and several seconds late due t' t' reduced thrust. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! Nevertheless, shiver me timbers, it was a good flight. Ya scallywag! Upon inspection, t' quickmatch was pulled out o' t' unlit motors, but had burned at t' pad.

T' second flight be 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. Ya scallywag! T' dowel was o' course removed before flight. Well, blow me down! This time, me hearties, all eight motors lit. Aye aye! Avast, me proud beauty! Ejection was just past apogee and recovery be A-OK.