Brief:

It's Estes Mean Machine. Begad! Blimey! It's a single staged rocket originally it is a 24mm rocket made t' take D motors but I modified it with a home made 29mm motor mount.

Modifications:

Since I was plannin' t' use an F-50 motor I thought it would be a very good idea t' fiberglass it. Aye aye! I fiberglassed it twice with some 1.5oz fiberglass. Ya scallywag! I also fiberglassed t' fins (not on t' t' rocket). Now for t' motor mount, me bucko, that's a whole other project. Aye aye! Well, me bucko, blow me down! First I got a 29mm motor and put saran wrap around it then layered some heavy fiberglass (not sure what) around that. Begad! Then pulled t' cast off. Ahoy! And wow, what a very strong motor mount. Avast, me proud beauty! T' center rings are 1/4" aircraft plywood. Ya scallywag! Other than that everythin' be kept t' same.

Construction:

It comes with 4 body tubes that are pain t' align, but I got it done with a jig, me hearties, but even after t' tubes are glued together perfect it seemed that t' tubes ever so slightly bent. Avast, me proud beauty! Ahoy! But nothin' significant.

Flight:

My first flight was with a F50-9. Blimey! It be a fairly nice day with a slight wind around 5mph. Ahoy! Avast, matey, me proud beauty! 5-4-3-2-1- little smoke then it went up very very fast, arrr, me bucko, but after about 1 sec it started t' make large screw like turns in t' sky. Begad! But it keep climbin' and climbing. Ahoy! Avast! Then t' two 24" parachutes ejected perfectly at apogee. I ran after it t' t' end o' t' field, then we got in t' truck and followed it down t' road. Arrr! We found it 2 miles down t' road. T' second flight was about 3 months later. Aye aye! Blimey! But this time I added some weight t' t' nose, choose t' fly it on a smaller F20-6, and took one o' t' parachutes out. Ya scallywag! This time t' rocket flew perfect t' about 2500' but t' parachute opened too late causin' a small 1" zipper. I would recommend flyin' it on a F20-4

Summary:

Pros- very fun t' fly for mid power and yet reach high altitude. Begad! Avast! Cons- pain t' align t' tubes.