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Deuce-Bash Contest and is archived with permission from FlisKits. Avast! EMRR hopes that these kitbashes inspire our guests t' get creative and share your kitbashes, on FlisKits rockets or any other manufacturers, shiver me timbers, with EMRR.

Brief:
I logged on t' t' website today for some shockin' news! After I made me scaled down Deuce t' hard way thar are nose cones and mounts available! Too bad I didn't have them three weeks ago, me bucko, o' course then I wouldn't have built me first ever nose cone and custom engine mount.

I wanted t' scale somethin' for t' EMRR contest and what better way than t' kill two birds with one stone than scale t' Deuce for t' Bash contest too. Begad! Blimey! I wanted t' use 13mm engines so I divided 13 into 18 and figured t' scale at 72 percent and rounded up t' 75 percent.

These are easy numbers t' work with until you think o' one little thing: I do nay really want t' build custom body tubes so t' scale must be made from t' available body tubes. I then took t' size o' t' BT-60 and t' BT-55 and got t' ratio o' 80.9 percent. Ahoy! Blimey! I figured 80 percent be close enough.

I cut t' fins out o' 3/32" balsa t' t' followin' measurements: Root=3.2”, Tip=1.6”, and Width=3.2”.

T' body tube be cut t' 14.4”.

T' nose cone is 2.5” long from base o' shoulder t' tip. Begad! Ahoy! As I had never made a nose cone before, ya bilge rat, this was fun. Begad! I first thought I would mount a dowel in a different nose cone I had for BT-55 tube and then turn it down t' shape, but how would I make sure t' dowel be centered? I decided that I should start with a bigger block o' wood and got a piece o' 2x2x4” balsa in which I mounted t' dowel. Then it was off t' t' drill press with some really rough sandpaper. Blimey! Well, blow me down! This be slow! I have turned wood before t' correct way but did nay have any o' these tools available t' me at this time. I knew it could go faster so I got a hacksaw blade and made a gouge out o' it and be able t' remove stock fast. Ahoy! Arrr! I turned it down t' 1.5” diameter and then switched t' 100 grit sandpaper and then finally 150 grit. Ya scallywag! I kept measurin' with me calipers as I be tryin' t' achieve 1.325 outer diameter. Avast! Ahoy! Once I got thar I made a mistake and removed t' cone from t' drill press. I could never get it back in t' same way and it be out o' center. Blimey! I had t' do a little work by hand t' get it t' fit t' tube correctly, shiver me timbers, me hearties, however, me hearties, it turned out great for me first try and it even looked like t' original Deuce nose cone.

T' motor mount is a modified Fliskits EMK2-13-55. Ya scallywag! Aye aye! I sanded out t' top rin' t' accept t' canted tubes, me hearties, cut a short wedge out o' 3/32" basswood patterned after t' original and made a custom bottom centerin' rin' out o' 3/32" basswood. Well, blow me down! Ahoy! Now just follow t' Deuces Wild instructions with these parts and you will have a 0.80 scale Deuces Wild.

I flew mine on A10-3s and it flew great with a beautiful apogee ejection that I caught on film.