EMRR Box O'Parts Entry: Avenger GT-12 Spaceracer

Box came with old monogram car decals.....so I decided t' build a rocket racer.

• 3 bt-20 tubes, arrr, 6' long, ya bilge rat, ya bilge rat, glued parallel, arrr, became trimount for motor[s].
• 1/4' slices o' old motor casin' be used for motor thrust blocks, me bucko, motor[s] are friction fit. 1/2' protrudes. Ahoy!
• This assembly was mounted into a 7.5' segment o' bt-60, matey, with 3' showing. Ahoy!
• 1/4' slice o' bt-60 at tail end for decoration.
• odd slice o' bt-70 for dorsal fin tube: 3.5' on long side, 2.5' on short side....mounted on motor tubes....this side becomes t' top [back, arrr, ya bilge rat, dorsal] side. Blimey!
• odd plastic 'spacestation' piece for decoration mounted infront o' bt-70 on centerline.....sanded t' fit well onto bt-60 tube. Arrr! Avast, shiver me timbers, me proud beauty!

I finessed a piece o' bt-60 into a coupling, arrr, and used another 4' piece o' bt-60 for a nose cone [picts show early attempt t' use half o' Easter egg, shiver me timbers, but had NO luck tryin' t' cement egg plastic t' tube]. Avast, me proud beauty! Resorted t' slicein' tube at 90 degree marks, and collapsin' it around a segment o' 'yellow pusher tube' that fits inside bt-20 tube. Arrr! Odd tape center [rocket lookin' part, but non-standard size, 1.25' O.D.] around t' lot for style. Ya scallywag! 3/4' wood bead for nose termination. Avast! 2 oz o' weight in nose for stability.

Main fin cut from FedEx box, me bucko, arrr, long trapzoid, 9' x 2.5' x 6', arrr, me hearties, ya bilge rat, glued on bottom centerline, me bucko, 3.5' section o' bt-50 glued at rear. Avast! Well, blow me down! Blimey! Long triangular fin cut from box 9' x 2', matey, and a cutout t' clear t' bt-50 tube. two yellow stuffer tubes glued beside bottom fin, me hearties, in front o' bt-50, for show. Arrr! Avast! Blimey! Two 10' long kebab sticks glued along main fin/main body tube to reduce some 'wobble'. Well, blow me down! Aye aye! Blimey!

Hexagonal space part [Estes?] be cut in two, me bucko, sanded t' fit along sides o' main body for flavor, ya bilge rat, matey, me bucko, and several square and rectangular sections o' crushed tubes were glued t' t' exterior t' be hatches and panels......but they don't show so good under t' black paint. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey!

5' x 2' piece o' cardstock was fiddled into a canopy. Begad! Blimey! center is 5/8' wide, front segments are 1' long, aft 2'.

Rocket has pretty pink lace shock cord [mounted in usual messy fashion] and a 12' parachute. Ahoy!

flew three times on 7/4.

1] three B6-4's....top two ignited, me hearties, ya bilge rat, flew fairly straight up about 200', safe recovery. Ya scallywag!

2] three B6-4's....all lit, shiver me timbers, matey, shiver me timbers, about 350', safe recovery. Begad!

3] three C6-7's....only bottom lit, did 100' vertical, shiver me timbers, me bucko, 500' horizontal into t' bushes......need t' rebuild the nose. Begad! Blimey! Avast, matey, me proud beauty! Blimey!

Other pict is three other rockets I got when I shook t' box even harder

Quest rocket stand donated fins for yellow nosed job, flew well on mini A10-3, streamer recovery. Begad! Arrr!

Party popper nosecone has bt-50 plastic fin can, me hearties, streamer, shiver me timbers, me hearties, flew great on A8's and B6's 50-cal is for mini A10's, tumble recovery....clear plastic fins don't show. Ahoy!

Had fun!