Brief:
For this 2-stager, ya bilge rat, an Estes Mini Marz Lander serves as both t' nosecone and second stage. Begad! Blimey! T' main rocket has a 29mm motor mount, shiver me timbers, me hearties, while t' Lander flies on 13mm motors. Ya scallywag! Blimey! This review will focus on t' method o' adaptin' t' Lander t' t' booster rocket.

Construction:

• One Estes Mini Marz Lander
• One booster made from a 2" diameter mailin' tube. Avast! Arrr! T' booster includes a 29mm motor mount, matey, fins made from copper-clad G10 circuit boards, and Blacksky rail buttons.
• One additional 2" x 44" mailin' tube, arrr, ya bilge rat, with full-length telescopin' tube (bought from T' Container Store).
• One 2" x 8" clear plastic mailin' tube, with plastic end caps (also from T' Container Store)
• 12" o' 24 ga wire, screw terminal connector, G10 plate, me hearties, G-Wiz altimeter
• Two plywood bulkplates (1/4")
• One eye bolt with related hardware.
• Misc. Ya scallywag! Blimey! Aye aye! Blimey! nuts and bolts t' attach t' payload section
• 1/4" tubular Keelhaul®©™ shock cord
• Whatever chute I grab from t' range box

I originally bought t' Mini Marz Lander t' use as a fixed nosecone. Ya scallywag! However, I just couldn't brin' myself t' cut it up and remove its legs. Instead, arrr, I decided t' use it as a nosecone as-is, and t' try t' stage it from t' booster rocket. 

Rummagin' around me "bone yard", I found t' remains o' a 2" diameter rocket that had a 29mm motor mount. Begad! Avast! A bit much for what I needed, but it was t' right diameter (2"). Well, blow me down! Begad! I needed some more tubin' and a way t' mount me G-Wiz altimeter. Blimey! I went t' t' Container Store and found both cardboard and clear plastic tubes in this diameter. Begad! T' latter seemed perfect for an altimeter bay, ya bilge rat, since I'd be able t' see t' LEDS on t' G-Wiz with t' rocket fully assembled. 

I used about 12 inches o' t' paper tube t' extend t' existin' booster (the white section just above t' silver-colored booster), ya bilge rat, and made a payload section out o' another 7 inches (the red section above that). Begad! I made a shoulder usin' a piece o' t' telescopin' tubing, a home made plywood bulkhead, me hearties, and an eyebolt. 

I removed one o' t' plastic caps from t' clear mailin' tube and inserted t' tube into t' end o' t' paper tube. T' fit be tight, and t' make sure it wouldn't come apart, I attached it with four small screws. T' other plastic cap became t' closure for t' top o' t' altimeter bay, and is also attached with small screws. Aye aye! Blimey! Avast! Blimey! A plywood bulkhead was bolted t' it, shiver me timbers, and t' pair was drilled t' accept t' wirin' for t' altimeter. Arrr! Blimey! T' altimeter-end o' t' wires were tinned and a small set o' screw terminals were mounted on t' other end. Well, blow me down! Blimey! This bulkhead was glued onto another small section o' cardboard tubin' (the red section above t' clear bay). 

T' final component is an adapter for t' Lander (the small white tube at t' top, just beneath t' Lander). Ya scallywag! Blimey! This was notched t' match t' Lander's legs and launch lugs. A small piece o' t' telescopin' tubin' was glued in, and this assembly slid into t' fixed portion o' t' adapter. Avast, me proud beauty! Avast! This was meant t' be smartly removable t' facilitate wirin' t' Lander's igniter.

Flight:
To prep t' altimeter, G-Wiz was mounted t' a section o' G10 that fit snugly into t' clear tube (a board from another application). Aye aye! It was inserted and t' upper cap was secured with 2 screws. Avast! T' igniter was inserted into t' Lander's motor and secured with maskin' tape. Aye aye! T' igniter leads were attached t' t' screw terminals, ya bilge rat, and continuity was visually confirmed at t' G-Wiz. T' lander used Estes waddin' and t' booster used a Giant Leap Keelhaul®©™ pad.

I have tried this three times, ya bilge rat, but it only worked once. Avast, me proud beauty! Ahoy! T' logs should appear at t' bottom o' this page. Well, blow me down! Aye aye! T' first time, t' Estes igniter (this had thin tail wires soldered t' it) lit but t' motor didn't go. Well, blow me down! It was still taped into t' motor at recovery. Blimey! T' next time, arrr, t' home-made Igniterman igniter didn't fire. Avast! T' igniter worked on t' ground later that day, I suspect t' problem be that t' G-Wiz never armed due t' t' slow acceleration under F20 power. Begad! O' course, arrr, me hearties, I could have determined this by seein' if t' G-Wiz flashed out an altitude, me hearties, but DUH, I didn't. Well, blow me down! On t' third try, arrr, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, I used a Quickburst igniter. Arrr! This time t' Lander staged, ya bilge rat, but I had another minor problem. I had t' G-Wiz set t' detect launch rather than t' burnout o' t' booster, matey, so t' Lander took-off shortly after launch. Aye aye! It arced t' t' side, matey, and t' booster, sans nose cone, continued up. Arrr! Well, matey, matey, arrr, t' flight be fun and both pieces were recovered, so I shouldn't complain.

Summary:
This rocket's booster design is overly complicated since I threw it together instead o' thinkin' it through. However, me main goal was t' stage t' Lander, arrr, me hearties, and that finally worked. Arrr! Blimey! Blimey! T' result was a unique rocket that got t' crowd's attention. Arrr! This is also was t' biggest range o' thrust levels that I.ve seen in a staged rocket, with t' G motor's thrust bein' approximately 64x that o' t' A10 in t' Lander.