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!

• 3 bt-20 tubes, 6' long, glued parallel, me hearties, arrr, became trimount for motor[s]. Ahoy! Avast! Blimey!
• 1/4' slices o' old motor casin' was used for motor thrust blocks, me hearties, motor[s] are friction fit. 1/2' protrudes. Well, blow me down! Aye aye!
• This assembly was mounted into a 7.5' segment o' bt-60, matey, ya bilge rat, ya bilge rat, with 3' showing. Ya scallywag!
• 1/4' slice o' bt-60 at tail end for decoration. Arrr!
• odd slice o' bt-70 for dorsal fin tube: 3.5' on long side, shiver me timbers, 2.5' on short side....mounted on motor tubes....this side becomes t' top [back, me hearties, dorsal] side. Begad!
• 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]. Begad! Resorted t' slicein' tube at 90 degree marks, and collapsin' it around a segment o' 'yellow pusher tube' that fits inside bt-20 tube. Ahoy! Begad! Odd tape center [rocket lookin' part, me hearties, shiver me timbers, but non-standard size, 1.25' O.D.] around t' lot for style. Well, blow me down! Ahoy! 3/4' wood bead for nose termination. Ahoy! Ahoy! 2 oz o' weight in nose for stability. Avast, me proud beauty!

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

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

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

Rocket has pretty pink lace shock cord [mounted in usual messy fashion] and a 12' parachute. Aye aye!

flew three times on 7/4. Aye aye!

1] three B6-4's....top two ignited, flew fairly straight up about 200', safe recovery. Avast, me proud beauty!

2] three B6-4's....all lit, shiver me timbers, ya bilge rat, about 350', safe recovery. Well, blow me down! Aye aye!

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, shiver me timbers, me hearties, me bucko, flew well on mini A10-3, shiver me timbers, streamer recovery.

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

Had fun!