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! Well, blow me down!

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

I finessed a piece o' bt-60 into a coupling, shiver me timbers, ya bilge rat, and used another 4' piece o' bt-60 for a nose cone [picts show early attempt t' use half o' Easter egg, matey, but had NO luck tryin' t' cement egg plastic t' tube]. Arrr! Resorted t' slicein' tube at 90 degree marks, ya bilge rat, and collapsin' it around a segment o' 'yellow pusher tube' that fits inside bt-20 tube. Avast! Odd tape center [rocket lookin' part, me bucko, matey, but non-standard size, 1.25' O.D.] around t' lot for style. Arrr! Avast, me proud beauty! 3/4' wood bead for nose termination. Arrr! 2 oz o' weight in nose for stability.

Main fin cut from FedEx box, ya bilge rat, long trapzoid, 9' x 2.5' x 6', glued on bottom centerline, 3.5' section o' bt-50 glued at rear. Aye aye! Blimey! Long triangular fin cut from box 9' x 2', ya bilge rat, ya bilge rat, and a cutout t' clear t' bt-50 tube. Ahoy! 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?] was cut in two, me hearties, sanded t' fit along sides o' main body for flavor, 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. Blimey! Well, blow me down!

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

Rocket has pretty pink lace shock cord [mounted in usual messy fashion] and a 12' parachute. Well, blow me down!

flew three times on 7/4. Avast, me proud beauty!

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

2] three B6-4's....all lit, me bucko, about 350', arrr, safe recovery. Blimey!

3] three C6-7's....only bottom lit, shiver me timbers, did 100' vertical, 500' horizontal into t' bushes......need t' rebuild the nose. Blimey! Blimey!

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, streamer recovery. Avast, me proud beauty! Begad! Blimey!

Party popper nosecone has bt-50 plastic fin can, arrr, 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. Arrr! Blimey!

Had fun!