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. Begad! Aye aye! I was tryin' t' make a really small diameter tube, by wrappin' paper around a wooden spoon handle. Aye aye! Avast! There wasn't goin' t' be a recovery system, ya bilge rat, t' engine be goin' t' eject, and the rocket would tumble back. Avast! Blimey! Since then I've learned a lot more about stability. 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, matey, wRASP & RockSim, and it came out stable, so I flew it. Arrr! Actually it flew well, matey, ya bilge rat, really high and the engine ejected too. Well, me hearties, blow me down! It just didn't go unstable and tumble, me hearties, me hearties, so it lawn darted. T' body tube is a bit bent now, and due t' t' construction is probably not repairable, arrr, matey, so retirement beckons. Aye aye!