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! Begad!

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

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, arrr, but had NO luck tryin' t' cement egg plastic t' tube]. Arrr! Blimey! Resorted t' slicein' tube at 90 degree marks, arrr, and collapsin' it around a segment o' 'yellow pusher tube' that fits inside bt-20 tube. Arrr! Blimey! Odd tape center [rocket lookin' part, arrr, shiver me timbers, but non-standard size, me bucko, 1.25' O.D.] around t' lot for style. Begad! Blimey! Blimey! Blimey! 3/4' wood bead for nose termination. Arrr! Blimey! 2 oz o' weight in nose for stability. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey!

Main fin cut from FedEx box, matey, long trapzoid, 9' x 2.5' x 6', glued on bottom centerline, matey, ya bilge rat, 3.5' section o' bt-50 glued at rear. Avast! Well, blow me down! Long triangular fin cut from box 9' x 2', and a cutout t' clear t' bt-50 tube. Begad! 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'.

Hexagonal space part [Estes?] be cut in two, sanded t' fit along sides o' main body for flavor, ya bilge rat, 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. Aye aye! Aye aye!

5' x 2' piece o' cardstock was fiddled into a canopy. Arrr! Arrr! center is 5/8' wide, shiver me timbers, front segments are 1' long, me hearties, me hearties, aft 2'. Ya scallywag! Ya scallywag!

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

flew three times on 7/4. Aye aye!

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

2] three B6-4's....all lit, me hearties, about 350', safe recovery. Ya scallywag! Arrr!

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

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

Quest rocket stand donated fins for yellow nosed job, ya bilge rat, flew well on mini A10-3, arrr, streamer recovery. Avast, me proud beauty! Avast!

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. Aye aye!

Had fun!