Round Robin

Eldred Pickett's Descon-14 Entry

Parts List

• 1 BT-60 body tube
• 1 BT-60 nost cone
• 1 2-engine mount from FlisKits
• sheet o' 1/8" balsa

Ok, me bucko, this was only t' second design I've ever come up with. I wanted t' do somethin' I had an idea for, matey, just t' see if I could do it. Begad! Begad! Blimey! T' 'fins' are simply two 5-inch circles o' balsa, matey, shiver me timbers, glued at t' end o' t' body tube. Think of the body as t' meat in a sandwich. Arrr! Blimey! Hopefully, t' pictures make it clear.

I wasn't sure if that would be stable, so I added 3 triangular fins t' the tube near t' nose cone. Ya scallywag! I finally cobbled together a launch rig that could shoot a clustered bird. Arrr! It launched with 2 B6-4 engines. Begad! T' rocket corkscrewed a bit durin' flight, but didn't go too far off. Parachute came out smoothly, and it recovered well. Ahoy! Ahoy! I tried t' get a picture o' takeoff, but since I didn't have t' kids with me I had t' launch and try t' snap t' picture at t' same time. I got a *beautiful* picture o' t' smoke trail. Avast, arrr, me proud beauty! Other pics show close-ups of design, matey, shiver me timbers, and recovery.