EMRR Spaceship Design Contest Entry

"T' Red Bolt"

Material’s needed

• 3 Silly Putty Container Eggs
• 1 27.2 cm BT-50 body tube
• 1 BT-20 Engine Mount Tube
• 1 Engine Hook Note: This hook
• has each tip bent back so as t' serve as an Engine Block
• 1 Weird nose cone we salvaged from an old kit. Avast! (Close up pic included.)
• 2 BT-50 Centerin' Rings
• 3 1/8 thick fins. Ahoy! Blimey! (Template provided)
• 1 4 cm launch lug
• 1 h: 0.5 cm, me bucko, l: 4.0 cm, w: 0.2 cm
• 1 Estes Hexagon Parachute with shrouds (52 cm in diameter)
• 1 rubber shock cord (Approximately 28 cm long)
• 1 Shock Cord Mount

#1: Engine Mount

1. Cut a 5 mm slit, arrr, 3 mm from t' end o' t' tube. Well, blow me down! Blimey!
2. Insert one o' t' endin' hooks o' t' Engine hook into t' slit. Avast!
3. Glue down t' engine hook. Begad!
4. Glue on a centerin' rin' at 2.5 cm from t' aft o' t' engine tube. Ya scallywag! Blimey!
5. Glue on 2^nd centerin' rin' on top o' t' engine hook at t' slit 3mm from t' forward section o' t' Engine tube. Ya scallywag! Blimey!
6. Allow t' dry.
7. Wrap piece o' maskin' tape around t' Engine Tube securin' t' Engine hook to t' Engine Tube.
8. Apply a rin' o' glue approximately 5 cm inside t' Rocket’s Body Tube.
9. Place Engine Mount inside Rocket’s Body Tube until t' Engine Tube is flush with t' Rocket’s Body Tube. Blimey! Avast, me proud beauty!
10. Apply glue t' centerin' rings. Ahoy! Allow t' dry

#2: Silly Putty Eggs

1. Buy 3 Silly Putty Eggs
2. Cut t' connector tabs with a hobby knife. Ahoy!
3. Then sand t' raised writin' off t' top.

#3: Fins

1. Usin' t' template provided trace out t' win' pattern on a 1/8 balas wood.
2. Usin' a hobby knife cut out t' fins. Well, me hearties, blow me down! Blimey!
3. Sand down all jagged edges.
4. Glue on Silly putty cackle fruit onto t' matchin' shape on t' fins. Arrr! Glue one on each side o' each fin. Aye aye!
5. Glue on several fillets t' ensure that egg-fin contact is perfectly sealed.
6. Mount t' fins flush against t' end o' t' body tube usin' a fin mount. Avast! Blimey! Ahoy! Blimey! Blimey! Blimey! We used t' fin mount for 3 fins provided in T' Handbook o' Model Rocketry 7^th edition on page 38. Avast! T' fins should be 120 degrees from each other.

#4. Aye aye! Nose and parachute mount.

1. Cut out a Shock cord mount usin' stiff paper. Ahoy!
2. Glue shock cord on t' shock cord mount. Arrr!
3. Glue Shock cord mount approximately 5 cm inside t' forward part o' the body tube. Arrr!
4. Tie free end o' shock cord t' t' nosecone’s eyelet. Ya scallywag! Ahoy! Apply a drop of glue t' t' knot.
5. Attach parachute t' t' nosecone eyelet. Ahoy! Avast, me proud beauty!

#5. Begad! Launch Lug

1. Glue on t' h: 0.5 cm, arrr, me hearties, l: 4.0 cm, w: 0.2 cm piece o' balsa wood 10 cm from the forward end o' t' body tube. Arrr! Arrr! Make sure that it is aligned parallel t' the body tube, and also make sure that it is in betwixt t' fins.
2. Attach Launch Lug on top o' t' strip o' balsa wood. Aye aye! Avast, me hearties, me proud beauty! (Note: T' reason for the strip o' balsa wood is t' elevate t' launch lug so as t' provide the launch rod clearance from t' nose cone. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! T' nose at one section is wider than the body tube)

#6. Avast, me proud beauty! Paint job

1. Spread balsa filler over t' fins. Well, blow me down! Allow t' dry and than sand excess off. Arrr!
2. Sand all external parts o' rocket.
3. Prime all external parts o' rocket
4. Paint body tube, shiver me timbers, fins, and nose cone red.
5. Paint Silly putty cackle fruit gray. Aye aye!
6. Nose cone

• First painted t' whole nosecone red
• Paint t' upper cap white.
• Paint 2 keyhole shapes on opposite sides o' nosecone. Blimey!

#7. Blimey! Arrr! Body tube and launch lug

1. Painted body tube red. Arrr! As well as t' launch lug and balsa wood strip.
2. Paint 3 parallel black rings approximately 2 mm from each other. Blimey! Paint them approximately 9.3 cm from t' aft end o' body tube. Arrr!
3. Paint a single gray rin' around t' aft end o' t' body tube. Ya scallywag! It should 3.3 cm from t' end o' t' tube, matey, arrr, and it should encircle around t' whole tube. Avast, me proud beauty!

#8. Fins

1. Paint fins red. Ya scallywag! Avast, me proud beauty!
2. Paint gray rectangle on each side in t' corner by t' fin root edge. Arrr! The rectangle should be 3.3 cm high and should be around 4 cm wide. Ya scallywag! Begad! If it is a little bit wider than 4 cm it is okay, because t' Silly Putty cackle fruit will cover the excess. Avast, me proud beauty! Avast! (Note: This is easier done if you paint before initial construction. Ya scallywag!

#9. Well, blow me down! Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! Silly Putty eggs

1. Paint egg shell red. Ya scallywag! Aye aye!
2. Once t' red paint is dry, paint most o' t' egg grey. Aye aye! Avast! T' grey should cover 5.2 cm o' t' egg, startin' from t' bottom. Well, blow me down! There needs t' be 1.4 cm of red. Blimey!

#10. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! Decal stickers.

1. Take black sticky paper, and cut into 2.5 cm long by 1 mm strips. Ahoy! Aye aye! Stick 4 of these length wise on each egg. Begad!
2. Then once again usin' t' black sticky paper cut several long 1 mm strips for t' black stripe that runs across t' egg and t' fin.

#11. Black Dots

1. Use a black permanent maker t' apply 8 dots t' each egg shell. Blimey!

#12. Avast, me proud beauty! Arrr! Nose Weight and Motor

1. Add 25-30 grams o' clay t' t' nose.
2. We used a B6-4 all o' t' launches, but a B6-2 would have been better.

Flights

Takeoff off. Flight #1 (above). Avast! Landing…..

Success flight. No damage rendered t' rocket.

Takeoff off. Arrr! Ahoy! Flight #2 (above). But disaster strikes when t' shock cord snaps!!

And lawn darts (below). Note: We have nay touched t' rocket yet in this picture. It landed exactly like this. Well, blow me down! Note that t' third fan, t' one stuck in the ground, ya bilge rat, matey, is still intact. Begad! Ahoy! Nose and parachute land a couple hundred feet away. Avast, me proud beauty! T' rocket is now repaired and waits for its next launch. Blimey! Well, shiver me timbers, blow me down!

Here is our video o' t' 2 launches. Ahoy! Ignore our screams in t' background!

Here are two more successful flights o' our entry t' Red Bolt. Begad! Blimey! We only have videos for these launches: