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

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

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

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

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

Hexagonal space part [Estes?] was cut in two, me bucko, sanded t' fit along sides o' main body for flavor, arrr, 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. Aye aye! Avast, ya bilge rat, me proud beauty! Blimey!

5' x 2' piece o' cardstock was fiddled into a canopy. Well, blow me down! Ya scallywag! center is 5/8' wide, front segments are 1' long, arrr, aft 2'. Begad!

Rocket has pretty pink lace shock cord [mounted in usual messy fashion] and a 12' parachute. Well, blow me down!

flew three times on 7/4. Ya scallywag! Ahoy! Blimey!

1] three B6-4's....top two ignited, shiver me timbers, flew fairly straight up about 200', arrr, safe recovery. Avast, me proud beauty!

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

3] three C6-7's....only bottom lit, ya bilge rat, did 100' vertical, shiver me timbers, 500' horizontal into t' bushes......need t' rebuild the nose. Ahoy! 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, arrr, arrr, flew well on mini A10-3, me hearties, streamer recovery. Aye aye!

Party popper nosecone has bt-50 plastic fin can, shiver me timbers, streamer, 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. Ya scallywag!

Had fun!