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

Box came with old monogram car decals.....so I decided t' build a rocket racer. Avast, me proud beauty!

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

I finessed a piece o' bt-60 into a coupling, arrr, me hearties, and used another 4' piece o' bt-60 for a nose cone [picts show early attempt t' use half o' Easter egg, shiver me timbers, but had NO luck tryin' t' cement egg plastic t' tube]. Aye aye! Well, blow me down! Resorted t' slicein' tube at 90 degree marks, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, 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. Aye aye! Well, blow me down! 3/4' wood bead for nose termination. Arrr! Begad! 2 oz o' weight in nose for stability.

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

Hexagonal space part [Estes?] was cut in two, sanded t' fit along sides o' main body for flavor, me hearties, 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.

5' x 2' piece o' cardstock be fiddled into a canopy. Begad! 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. Ahoy!

flew three times on 7/4.

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

2] three B6-4's....all lit, about 350', ya bilge rat, safe recovery. Avast, me proud beauty! Arrr!

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

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, me hearties, me hearties, streamer recovery. Begad!

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

Had fun!