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, a spent Micromaxx motor casin' (for insertion of
thrust rin' and nose cone shoulder), arrr, 1/4 inch dowel (to roll tube), me hearties, matey, matey, tape, Elmer's white glue, and Loctite super glue.
Roll body tube, make motor adapter, shiver me timbers, arrr, shiver me timbers, insert thrust ring, and cut and mount fins. Arrr! Then roll nose cone, me bucko, make nose cone shoulder, and insert 2 BBs for nose weight. Finally, me hearties, arrr, form launch lug. Ya scallywag! Ya scallywag! 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. Avast! Flights up t' 150-200 feet are
possible with this bird. Aye aye! Begad! I also flew a FlisKits Doohicky and t' Cardinater beat it both in height and speed. Aye aye! It is
pretty cool. Arrr! It has had two flights so far and both were perfect. Arrr! Avast, me proud beauty! 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. It looks and flies great. Aye aye! What else could you want? Maybe multi stage, me bucko, but it is good as a
single stage rocket. Well, blow me down! Avast, matey, me proud beauty! I should make a whole fleet o' cardstock Micromaxx rockets! PROs: No waddin' needed, free, simple
design, high and fast flights, good looks. Ahoy! Avast! CONs: It uses lawndart recovery which can damage t' rocket over time so
when flying, shiver me timbers, call heads up please.