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

Box came with old monogram car decals.....so I decided t' build a rocket racer. Ya scallywag! Aye aye! Blimey!

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

I finessed a piece o' bt-60 into a coupling, 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]. Ahoy! Resorted t' slicein' tube at 90 degree marks, me hearties, and collapsin' it around a segment o' 'yellow pusher tube' that fits inside bt-20 tube. Odd tape center [rocket lookin' part, but non-standard size, 1.25' O.D.] around t' lot for style. Begad! 3/4' wood bead for nose termination. 2 oz o' weight in nose for stability.

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

Hexagonal space part [Estes?] be cut in two, arrr, sanded t' fit along sides o' main body for flavor, shiver me timbers, 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. Ahoy!

5' x 2' piece o' cardstock was fiddled into a canopy. Well, blow me down! Blimey! center is 5/8' wide, front segments are 1' long, shiver me timbers, me bucko, aft 2'.

Rocket has pretty pink lace shock cord [mounted in usual messy fashion] and a 12' parachute. Blimey! Avast, me proud beauty!

flew three times on 7/4.

1] three B6-4's....top two ignited, matey, me bucko, shiver me timbers, flew fairly straight up about 200', safe recovery. Begad! Blimey!

2] three B6-4's....all lit, me bucko, about 350', safe recovery.

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

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

Quest rocket stand donated fins for yellow nosed job, me hearties, me bucko, arrr, flew well on mini A10-3, shiver me timbers, streamer recovery. Begad! Blimey!

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

Had fun!