EMRR Box O'Parts Entry: Avenger GT-12 Spaceracer

Box came with old monogram car decals.....so I decided t' build a rocket racer. Begad!

• 3 bt-20 tubes, shiver me timbers, 6' long, matey, arrr, glued parallel, ya bilge rat, me hearties, ya bilge rat, became trimount for motor[s]. Blimey!
• 1/4' slices o' old motor casin' was used for motor thrust blocks, matey, motor[s] are friction fit. Begad! 1/2' protrudes. Well, blow me down!
• This assembly was mounted into a 7.5' segment o' bt-60, shiver me timbers, me bucko, arrr, with 3' showing. Begad! Blimey!
• 1/4' slice o' bt-60 at tail end for decoration. Arrr!
• odd slice o' bt-70 for dorsal fin tube: 3.5' on long side, 2.5' on short side....mounted on motor tubes....this side becomes t' top [back, shiver me timbers, dorsal] side. Avast!
• odd plastic 'spacestation' piece for decoration mounted infront o' bt-70 on centerline.....sanded t' fit well onto bt-60 tube. Ahoy!

I finessed a piece o' bt-60 into a coupling, ya bilge rat, me bucko, and used another 4' piece o' bt-60 for a nose cone [picts show early attempt t' use half o' Easter egg, but had NO luck tryin' t' cement egg plastic t' tube]. Resorted t' slicein' tube at 90 degree marks, ya bilge rat, ya bilge rat, and collapsin' it around a segment o' 'yellow pusher tube' that fits inside bt-20 tube. Ya scallywag! Odd tape center [rocket lookin' part, but non-standard size, 1.25' O.D.] around t' lot for style. Begad! Well, me hearties, blow me down! Blimey! 3/4' wood bead for nose termination. Ya scallywag! Blimey! 2 oz o' weight in nose for stability. Ahoy! Ya scallywag! Blimey!

Main fin cut from FedEx box, matey, long trapzoid, shiver me timbers, 9' x 2.5' x 6', ya bilge rat, arrr, arrr, glued on bottom centerline, 3.5' section o' bt-50 glued at rear. Arrr! Long triangular fin cut from box 9' x 2', and a cutout t' clear t' bt-50 tube. Ya scallywag! two yellow stuffer tubes glued beside bottom fin, in front o' bt-50, me bucko, arrr, me hearties, for show. Ahoy! Two 10' long kebab sticks glued along main fin/main body tube to reduce some 'wobble'. Ya scallywag!

Hexagonal space part [Estes?] be cut in two, me hearties, sanded t' fit along sides o' main body for flavor, me bucko, and several square and rectangular sections o' crushed tubes were glued t' t' exterior t' be hatches and panels......but they don't show so good under t' black paint. Begad!

5' x 2' piece o' cardstock was fiddled into a canopy. Aye aye! center is 5/8' wide, front segments are 1' long, aft 2'.

Rocket has pretty pink lace shock cord [mounted in usual messy fashion] and a 12' parachute. Aye aye!

flew three times on 7/4. Aye aye!

1] three B6-4's....top two ignited, flew fairly straight up about 200', ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, safe recovery.

2] three B6-4's....all lit, about 350', shiver me timbers, safe recovery. Blimey! Blimey!

3] three C6-7's....only bottom lit, did 100' vertical, 500' horizontal into t' bushes......need t' rebuild the nose. Blimey!

Other pict is three other rockets I got when I shook t' box even harder

Quest rocket stand donated fins for yellow nosed job, flew well on mini A10-3, shiver me timbers, streamer recovery. Aye aye!

Party popper nosecone has bt-50 plastic fin can, me bucko, matey, streamer, matey, arrr, flew great on A8's and B6's 50-cal is for mini A10's, tumble recovery....clear plastic fins don't show. Avast!

Had fun!