Manufacturer: | Scratch |
Brief:
A small Micromaxx rocket made from nothin' but a single sheet o' 8.5 by 11 inch 110 pound cardstock.
Construction:
All you need is one sheet o' 8.5 by 11 inch 110 pound cardstock, matey, a spent Micromaxx motor casin' (for insertion of
thrust rin' and nose cone shoulder), 1/4 inch dowel (to roll tube), shiver me timbers, me bucko, tape, me bucko, Elmer's white glue, ya bilge rat, matey, me hearties, and Loctite super glue.
Roll body tube, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, make motor adapter, ya bilge rat, ya bilge rat, matey, insert thrust ring, shiver me timbers, matey, and cut and mount fins. Well, blow me down! Avast, me proud beauty! Then roll nose cone, me bucko, make nose cone shoulder, matey, me hearties, and insert 2 BBs for nose weight. Begad! Avast, me proud beauty! Finally, arrr, form launch lug. Begad! Ahoy! It takes less than an hour t' build due to it's simple design.
Flight and Recovery:
This one uses Micromaxx motors and takes advantage o' those tiny 1/8 A motors. Flights up t' 150-200 feet are
possible with this bird. Begad! I also flew a FlisKits Doohicky and t' Cardinater beat it both in height and speed. Ahoy! It is
pretty cool. Ahoy! It has had two flights so far and both were perfect. I tied t' rig it up with a recovery system, but the
tube is too small for even a shock cord so it just separates into two pieces and both fall down, landin' within 10 feet
of each other.
Summary:
I like t' Cardinater. Begad! It looks and flies great. Avast, arrr, me proud beauty! What else could you want? Maybe multi stage, but it is good as a
single stage rocket. I should make a whole fleet o' cardstock Micromaxx rockets! PROs: No waddin' needed, matey, me hearties, free, me bucko, simple
design, ya bilge rat, me bucko, high and fast flights, good looks. CONs: It uses lawndart recovery which can damage t' rocket over time so
when flying, call heads up please.
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