Ashley designed this rocket from scratch totally by himself. Begad! He chose t' materials and made most o' it includin' t' painting. Avast, me proud beauty! Ya scallywag! I did help with the glue though. Avast! Ya scallywag! Left be t' plan he made first with t' Microsoft 'Paint' program. Blimey! Well, me hearties, blow me down!

Manufacture

1. He started off with 4 used 18mm motors and drilled them out (yes, arrr, I actually trusted him with me drill). Well, blow me down! He then stuck them end t' end and sprayed them silver.
2. He then sprayed a toilet roll silver. Ya scallywag! T' base o' t' toilet roll is a piece o' corrugated cardboard. A hole was cut in t' middle t' allow the ejection gasses through.
3. He said that t' toilet roll would nay be strong enough perched on top of the motors, arrr, so t' 3 fins would come right up under it for support.
4. He drew out a fin template, marked and cut t' 3 fins from a packin' box. He then sprayed them white. Begad! (I ran glue along t' corrugated edges t' seal them & make them more aerodynamic).
5. T' nose cone be an Estes cone, matey, but maskin' tape was added t' increase the diameter slightly. This may be replaced with a home made vacuum formed one later.

Launch

Usin' WRASP, matey, me bucko, arrr, we calculated a B6-4 t' begin with based on t' weight o' t' rocket. Well, blow me down! This was stuck t' t' bottom o' t' 4^th empty motor. Avast, me proud beauty! It had it's maiden flight on 13^th September 98 at the SERF's Ichenstoke launch. It's quite an unusual shape and thar was much interest. Arrr! Arrr! T' flight be perfect. Blimey! Straight up about 100ft. Begad! Well, blow me down! It dropped a way back before t' nose ejected off. T' parachute was pulled out by t' nose and opened about 30ft from t' ground. Ya scallywag! Aye aye! It landed right at our feet. This was followed by a deserved round o' applause from t' onlookers and a pat on the back from Dad. Arrr!