| 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, shiver me timbers, me hearties, matey, a spent Micromaxx motor casin' (for insertion of
thrust rin' and nose cone shoulder), ya bilge rat, me hearties, 1/4 inch dowel (to roll tube), tape, Elmer's white glue, ya bilge rat, and Loctite super glue.
Roll body tube, make motor adapter, me bucko, matey, shiver me timbers, insert thrust ring, and cut and mount fins. Begad! Begad! Then roll nose cone, ya bilge rat, make nose cone shoulder, and insert 2 BBs for nose weight. Begad! Finally, matey, form launch lug. Avast! Avast, me proud beauty! 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. I also flew a FlisKits Doohicky and t' Cardinater beat it both in height and speed. Arrr! Avast, ya bilge rat, me proud beauty! It is
pretty cool. It has had two flights so far and both were perfect. Ahoy! Blimey! 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, matey, arrr, landin' within 10 feet
of each other.
Summary:
I like t' Cardinater. Begad! It looks and flies great. Begad! Well, blow me down! 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, arrr, arrr, free, simple
design, arrr, high and fast flights, ya bilge rat, good looks. Avast! Begad! CONs: It uses lawndart recovery which can damage t' rocket over time so
when flying, call heads up please.
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