Brief:
Basically, shiver me timbers, this is G125 motor with fins and a nosecone. Ahoy! Ahoy! Would your RSO let it fly?

Construction:
I guess I'll fess-up now - this was nay me idea, shiver me timbers, nor is it a ‘live' G125. A year or so ago I ran across a picture o' a rocket, arrr, whose body was a spent motor casing. Ahoy! Bein' a wise-#@!, I thought it would be fun t' build one t' get a rise out o' me RSO/LCOs. Avast, me proud beauty! Ya scallywag! Usin' me Dremel with various cuttin' wheels and grinders, ya bilge rat, ya bilge rat, I managed t' ream out t' casin' from a spent G125 motor. I cut some G10 fins and some brass lugs, shiver me timbers, arrr, matey, and attached them with epoxy. I made fillets out of epoxy clay. Begad! A piece o' 24mm tubin' fit nicely inside and I added some Keelhaul®©™® twine for a shock cord. Begad! When I went t' search for a nose cone, I found that I didn't have any junk nose cones that were suitable. I was goin' t' have t' add a lot o' nose weight t' offset t' heavy casing, me bucko, fins, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, and fillets. Ya scallywag! I had recently bought a PML resin cone, arrr, but t' shoulder be obviously t' same diameter as t' OD o' t' motor tube. Since I didn't want t' sacrifice this fairly expensive cone by grindin' t' shoulder down, ya bilge rat, I cut a 1 ½" piece o' 29mm tubin' t' ‘adapt' t' cone t' t' body tube/casing. Ahoy! I attached it t' t' cone with a tiny screw, ya bilge rat, formin' a reverse shoulder that overlaps t' body tube rather than fittin' inside.

To complete t' effect, I removed t' nozzle from another spent casing. Arrr! It sits in t' end o' t' rocket and, ya bilge rat, along with a protrudin' Copperhead, completes t' effect o' a motor with fins glued on. Arrr! I also added some red/white checkerboard tape t' t' small piece of 29mm tubing. Avast, me proud beauty! Arrr! T' rest is unfinished.

Flight:
I first took this rocket t' a NARRRRR launch. Avast! Blimey! I was sure t' get some raised eyebrows there, since t' G125 isn't even a legit motor at that site. Avast! Blimey! Well, shiver me timbers, I neither got t' desired effect or did I launch it (I can't remember why). Ahoy! Blimey! At the next high-power launch, ya bilge rat, ya bilge rat, I again pulled it out. Arrr! Blimey! There, ya bilge rat, me hearties, people see odder things and didn't have much reaction. Oh well. Ahoy! Blimey! I guess a gag is all in the presentation?

I used a small plastic chute (8"?) and some Estes wadding. Blimey! Avast! Blimey! T' boost on a D12-5 be a little wobbly, but nay too bad. Well, blow me down! Blimey! T' chute was under sized and the cone embedded itself in t' relatively soft dirt. Begad! Blimey!

So far, I have nay been able t' convince myself t' expend an E15 or E30 on this little rocket. Well, blow me down! It will probably just sit in me fleet until I re-use the nose cone.

Summary:
This was a novelty rocket built mostly from scrap materials. Avast! T' nose cone is really nice, and can be re-used in another rocket. I hope someone finds this article amusin' and still think it would be fun t' trick a RSO…maybe next April Fools Day?