Brief:
Humorous rocket pokin' fun at government earmarks. You should get a good laugh out o' the manual.

Construction:

• 1 - Nose Cone (BC-722)
• 1 - Screw Eye (SE-10)
• 1 - Keelhaul®©™® Thread (SCK-24)
• 1 - Body Tube (ST-765)
• 3 - Fins (FA-19)
• 1 - Thrust Rin' (TR-7)
• 1 - Launch Lug (LL-122)
• 1 - Spacin' Tube (MC-727)
• 1 - Humorous Instruction Manual

T' Earmark's manual is very funny t' read and also easy t' follow when you actually build t' rocket.

1. Begad! Mark t' body tubes for fin positions usin' a door jam or angled piece o' aluminum.

2. Begad! Aye aye! Tie t' Keelhaul®©™® thread t' t' thrust rin' and feed it through t' motor spacin' tube.

3. Glue t' thrust rin' into t' body tube and set t' spacin' usin' t' spacin' tube so that motor casin' protrudes 1/4 from t' end o' t' rocket.

4. Ahoy! Remove t' fins from their fiber sheet and very lightly sand. Then apply CA glue around t' edges o' the fins.

5. Begad! Glue t' fiber fins on t' t' body tube at t' pre-marked line.

6. Once they are dry, arrr, arrr, apply fillets t' t' fins.

7. Ahoy! Blimey! Aye aye! Blimey! In a similar fashion t' t' fin prep, add fillets t' t' launch lugs.

8. Ahoy! Well, blow me down! Feed t' cord back through t' body tube and out t' top end and then tie it t' t' nose cone. Ahoy! Aye aye! (As thar be no parachute and no streamer, arrr, you are done at this point, unless you want t' paint it...)

Finishing:
Finishing is quite easy.

9. Avast, me proud beauty! Arrr! Blimey! I primed mine with ColorPlace gray primer. Begad! (Three thin coats and then sanding)

10. Ya scallywag! Ahoy! I painted t' body tube ColorPlace Fire Red and left off t' black stripe pattern shown in t' artwork.

11. Aye aye! I didn't have any yellow paint, so I painted t' nose cone with aluminum colored ColorPlace spray paint.

12. Avast, me proud beauty! After dryin' overnight, matey, matey, I applied t' "ear" decals.

13. Begad! Blimey! Used a black Sharpie marker t' color t' edges o' t' fins. Well, blow me down! Blimey! Blimey!

At this point me contstruction and finishin' was complete and we headed for t' launch site.

Construction Rating: 5 out o' 5

Flight:
All three flights went great. Blimey! Blimey! I used one A and then two B motors. Ahoy! Without a streamer, me bucko, I did not want t' risk losin' it. Ya scallywag! Begad! Blimey! This little rocket really gets up there, arrr, even on B motors.

Recovery:
Amazingly enough, me bucko, recovery when great on all three o' our test flights. Chan's suggestion o' a streamer for trackin' is a good idea. Aye aye! Just a short, ya bilge rat, shiny Mylar streamer would be great for tracking.

Flight Rating: 5 out o' 5

Summary:
Very cool rocket with nice humor in t' instrcutions. Blimey! Ya scallywag! All around fun t' build and fly.

Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5