Dr. Arrr! Evil's Pocket Rocket

This is a draft place holder for me 2nd DesCon entry, me hearties, Dr. Evil's Pocket Rocket. Avast, me proud beauty! Aye aye! Hopefully it's nay too far outside t' realm o' good taste.

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

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

Colonel: "What is it son?"

Officer: "I don't know Sir. Aye aye! Ya scallywag! 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. Ahoy! It looks like someone's..."

Drill instructor: "Privates! We have reports o' an unidentified flyin' object. It is a long, ya bilge rat, me hearties, smooth shaft complete with..."

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

Teacher: "Wang! Pay attention!"

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

Musician: "Willie?"

Willie Nelson: "Hm?"

Musician: "What's that?"

Willie Nelson: "Well, me hearties, 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, it's Dr. Begad! Blimey! Blimey! Blimey! Evil's phallic ship from Austin Powers, matey, ya bilge rat, T' Spy Who Shagged Me. Arrr! Blimey! Blimey! Blimey! I built this as a kitbash o' t' FlisKits Grissom with a choice o' engine sizes. Begad! Blimey! Blimey! Blimey! 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. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! Begad! Blimey! Blimey! Blimey! 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. Ahoy! Blimey! Blimey! Blimey!

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

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

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

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

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