Dr. Evil's Pocket Rocket

This is a draft place holder for me 2nd DesCon entry, ya bilge rat, Dr. Ya scallywag! Well, blow me down! Evil's Pocket Rocket. Aye aye! Arrr! Hopefully it's nay too far outside t' realm o' good taste.

For me second Design Contest Entry, shiver me timbers, I decided t' pay homage t' a ship o' such strikin' construction that all who see it are obliged t' comment. Aye aye! Avast!

Officer: "Colonel? You'd better take a look at this radar..."

Colonel: "What is it son?"

Officer: "I don't know Sir. But it looks like a giant.."

Pilot: "Dick?"

Dick: "Yeah?"

Pilot: "Take a look out o' starboard"

Dick: "Oh me God! It looks like a huge..."

Bird watcher: "Pecker!"

Bird watcher 2: "Oh where?"

Bird watcher: "Wait! That's nay a woodpecker. Begad! Blimey! It looks like someone's..."

Drill instructor: "Privates! We have reports o' an unidentified flyin' object. Well, shiver me timbers, blow me down! It is a long, smooth shaft complete with..."

Back stop: "Two balls! What is that? That looks just like an enormous..."

Teacher: "Wang! Pay attention!"

Wang: "I was distracted by that enormous flying..."

Musician: "Willie?"

Willie Nelson: "Hm?"

Musician: "What's that?"

Willie Nelson: "Well, me hearties, shiver me timbers, it looks like a giant..."

Colonel: "Johnson?"

Johnson: "Yes sir?"

Colonel: "Get on t' hornpipe t' British Intelligence and let them know about this."

Yes, me bucko, it's Dr. Evil's phallic ship from Austin Powers, T' Spy Who Shagged Me. Begad! Well, blow me down! I built this as a kitbash o' t' FlisKits Grissom with a choice o' engine sizes. Arrr! One configuration is powered by a pair o' MMX engines. T' dual MMX motor mount is crafted from paper clipped from t' NARRRRR card in t' FlisKit. Well, blow me down! Small diameter body tubes serve as engine blocks and stiffeners for t' MMX MMTs.T' MMX cluster adapter is removable t' allow use o' a standard Estes 1/2A engine. Begad!

T' movie rocket was equipped with "spherical stabilizers". Well, blow me down! I elected t' approximate these by two sets o' two orthoganal disks. T' distinctive nose cone be built up from various balsa bits and pieces found in t' FlisKit Grissom kit. Aye aye! Aye aye! Shown here are pics o' t' rough nosecone assembly and t' final contoured shape. Begad! Begad!

T' construction is ongoing, and flights are yet t' commence. This report serves as a sneak peek o' what's t' come.

Dr. Avast, me hearties, me proud beauty! Evil's Pocket Rocket has successfully flown on a clustered pair o' MMX engines. Ahoy! I fashioned a two engine cluster igniter out o' a single length o' nichrome wire (vintage from me 70's first age o' rocketry). T' two nozzle filaments were connected in parallel, so that t' burnout o' one would nay cut t' juice t' t' other. Begad! Well, me hearties, blow me down! I used a 14V battery from me cordless drill as a power source. Avast, me proud beauty! Well, blow me down! A clothespin was used t' prop t' engines up off t' blast deflector o' a standard Estes Portapad. Well, blow me down! Begad! When I touched t' leads t' t' battery, Dr. Ya scallywag! Well, blow me down! Evil's Pocket Rocket leapt off t' pad on twin micro-plumes o' flame. Well, blow me down! Begad! T' boost was straight and stable, shiver me timbers, up t' an approximate height o' 30 feet. Well, me bucko, blow me down!

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A double "pop" signified t' nearly synchronized ejection charges, ya bilge rat, and t' nosecone separated from t' body tube. Begad! Avast! Unfortunately, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, t' waddin' and streamer did nay deploy. Well, blow me down! Ahoy! They remained lodged in t' body tube. Avast! This may be due t' t' micro-ejection charges nay havin' enough force t' clear t' tube. Aye aye! T' Pocket Rocket tumbled back into t' street, for an asphalt landing. Ahoy! One "circular stabilization device" snapped off, ya bilge rat, ya bilge rat, and t' other flopped loose. Arrr! No damage t' t' balsa or tube be in evidence. Begad! T' yellow glue joint failed. Avast! Avast, me proud beauty! Oooh. That's gotta hurt!

T' fins have been reglued, and t' entire rocket painted flat white. Blimey! I can't go around showin' off me nekid pocket rocket, me bucko, now can I? Dr. Avast! Avast! Evil's Pocket Rocket will return, on a warmer day. Well, blow me down!