EMRR Box O'Parts Entry: Avenger GT-12 Spaceracer

Box came with old monogram car decals.....so I decided t' build a rocket racer. Arrr! Ahoy! Blimey!

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

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

Main fin cut from FedEx box, arrr, long trapzoid, shiver me timbers, 9' x 2.5' x 6', glued on bottom centerline, matey, 3.5' section o' bt-50 glued at rear. Ahoy! Avast, matey, me proud beauty! Long triangular fin cut from box 9' x 2', and a cutout t' clear t' bt-50 tube. Aye aye! two yellow stuffer tubes glued beside bottom fin, matey, 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, 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. Well, blow me down! Blimey!

5' x 2' piece o' cardstock was fiddled into a canopy. center is 5/8' wide, ya bilge rat, front segments are 1' long, arrr, aft 2'. Begad! Ya scallywag!

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

flew three times on 7/4. Well, blow me down!

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

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

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

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, shiver me timbers, streamer recovery. Aye aye!

Party popper nosecone has bt-50 plastic fin can, streamer, me bucko, me bucko, 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!