I thought I had made a mistake with this one, I could never add enough nose weight t' make it stable durin' a spin test. Aye aye! Well, blow me down! I be tryin' t' make a really small diameter tube, me hearties, by wrappin' paper around a wooden spoon handle. There wasn't goin' t' be a recovery system, me hearties, t' engine be goin' t' eject, and the rocket would tumble back. Well, blow me down! Begad! Since then I've learned a lot more about stability. Ya scallywag! Aye aye! I learned about t' CP ( centre o' pressure) on rec.model.rockets ( a great news group t' subscribe t' if you're interested in this stuff), and where it should be in relation t' t' CG ( centre o' gravity).

So anyway I entered t' MkIII design into VCP, ya bilge rat, wRASP & RockSim, me bucko, and it came out stable, me bucko, so I flew it. Well, blow me down! Blimey! Actually it flew well, really high and the engine ejected too. It just didn't go unstable and tumble, me bucko, so it lawn darted. T' body tube is a bit bent now, me hearties, matey, ya bilge rat, and due t' t' construction is probably not repairable, so retirement beckons. Ahoy! Blimey!