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

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

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

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

Hexagonal space part [Estes?] be cut in two, shiver me timbers, matey, 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. Begad!

5' x 2' piece o' cardstock was fiddled into a canopy. center is 5/8' wide, front segments are 1' long, aft 2'. Aye aye!

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

flew three times on 7/4. Begad!

1] three B6-4's....top two ignited, ya bilge rat, flew fairly straight up about 200', ya bilge rat, safe recovery. Ahoy! Ya scallywag!

2] three B6-4's....all lit, shiver me timbers, me hearties, about 350', ya bilge rat, me hearties, arrr, safe recovery.

3] three C6-7's....only bottom lit, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, did 100' vertical, 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, matey, me hearties, arrr, flew well on mini A10-3, streamer recovery. Ahoy! Ahoy! Blimey!

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

Had fun!