Miss Universe

Parts list:
Flower arrangement styrofoam "egg" from Michaels
Motor mount
4 1/8" x 12" dowels
pair, matey, me bucko, arrr, false eyelashes from Walgreens
Christmas tinsel for skirt
White glue for head "spots"
Silicone rubber caulk for lips and deadlights

Miss Universe needs no steenkin' plans, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, jigs, me hearties, or other complexities. Avast!

She is made from a flower-arranger's styrofoam "egg". Blimey! Aye aye! You may be able t' scrounge one o' these from a florist. Blimey! or Michaels has them. Insert a 18mm motor mount (or short length o' 18mm body tube) into a hole hollowed out of t' pointy end o' t' egg, and retain with epoxy. Avast, me proud beauty! Do nay use a motor retainin' clip. Ahoy! Stick t' 4 dowels into t' styrofoam, symmetrically disposed with silicone bathtub caulk. Blimey! These form her tentacles. Ahoy! Make lips and eyeballs from bathtub caulk and place on her head in a visually attractive position. Place small blobs o' caulk or PVA glue around her head for her "knobs". Begad! Attach false eyelashes stolen from teenage daughter. Begad! If you want t' preserve her modesty, shiver me timbers, add a skirt made from tinsel. Aye aye! Apply green make up, and go fly. Aye aye! Uses A8-3 or B6-2. Ahoy!

Miss Universe was flown at GARLO (CIA's annual bash) and at t' Park Forest (IL) Rocket Launch and R/C show. Aye aye! Ya scallywag! She is quite stable, but does nay get a lot of altitude (in fact, shiver me timbers, t' A8-3 and B6-2 both give about t' same). Begad! Ya scallywag! T' photo is from t' GARLO event. Arrr! Aye aye! She has a lot o' drag and tumble recovery onto grass is quite satisfactory. Her skirt got a little singed, showin' that she really is "hot stuff" - you don't want t' put your hand up thar !!