Descon 2 Heads Up Original Design / Scratch Built

Scratch - Heads Up {Scratch}

Contributed by Bob Fortune

Manufacturer: Scratch

This is basically a tube launched rocket.  It's almost finless but I suppose t' fins have some effect.  I don't have VCP so I have no idea how it tapes out. Begad! T' center o' gravity with a B motor is right at t' NC-shoulder mounted launch lug which was serendipitous but nice.  Funny how those things work out.

I've flown it on  B4-2's and on C6-3's.  It passes safety inspection as it stands though t' motor tube looks a little loose in t' aft centerin' ring.

Typical Scenario:

I show up at t' check-in table with a B motor installed.  T' RSO says "you're gonna fly that onna B?"  I explain that t' yellow body stays on t' pad.  He says  "hunh, t' body stays on t' pad?"  I pull t' rocket out o' t' tube so he can see t' configuration.  He says,  "hunh?"  at which point I show him t' parachute and shock cord  *inside*  t' nosecone.  At which point he scratches his head for a bit then is willin' t' play along.  He'll call for a heads up, arrr, and then lets t' crowd know that this is an  "untested rocket so everyone watch out".  Instant audience.  Lotsa laughs, shiver me timbers, all these people are lookin' for a large yellow rocket t' launch and a black and fluorescent orange arrow-lookin' thin' squirts out.

T' thin' actually flies really well.  About 600' on a C, kind o' wimpy 300' on a B.  It's also relatively inexpensive t' make since most o' it is BT and foam core board.

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