Brief:
This one odd oddroc. Aye aye! Blimey! It's a stick-finned, me bucko, 13mm model made from a few scrap parts.

Construction:
T' parts list:

• Nose cone from an Estes Space Hauler
• 1" o' 1/2" wood dowel
• 1/2 butter pat o' clay
• 2" o' 1" diameter wood dowel
• Forward fin unit from an unknown rocket
• 1/4" by 12.5" hollow plastic rod
• Paper clip
• 1/8" x 8" elastic

I drilled out t' 1" dowel with a 1/2" drill bit (usin' a progression from 1/8", ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, 1/4", 3/16", etc.), me bucko, me bucko, then I drilled out t' lower 1.25" with a slightly larger bit t' fit 13mm motors. T' 1/2" section serves as an engine block. Ahoy! Well, blow me down! I formed t' paper clip into an engine hook and attached it and t' elastic t' the outside o' t' dowel. Begad! I wrapped it with maskin' tape and glued it into t' fin unit. Ahoy! Begad! T' fin unit had two launch lugs--a 1/8" lug, ya bilge rat, which I use, and a 1/4" lug, which I glued t' plastic rod into. Avast! Arrr!

I put t' clay into t' tip o' t' nose cone, which was missin' its shoulder from a crash. Then I put a blob of wood glue on t' clay, placed t' dowel onto t' glue, me hearties, shiver me timbers, and waited for it t' dry. Ahoy! Unfortunately, me hearties, I accidentally cracked the nose cone in doin' so. Because o' t' long, light stick fin, shiver me timbers, me bucko, Cohete is surprisingly stable.

Flight:
I've used 1/2A3-4Ts and A3-4Ts in Cohete. Avast, me proud beauty! I'd recommend t' 2-second delay for t' 1/2A as ejection be rather late, and t' A10-3T would be good as well. Begad! Blimey! It flies t' around 200 feet on 1/2As and 400 feet on full As. Avast, me proud beauty! It requires no wadding; simply wrap t' shock cord twice around t' upper end o' t' 1" dowel and stick t' nose cone on.

Recovery:
It uses simple nose-blow recovery. Arrr! With t' nose cone off, matey, it falls fairly fast, matey, me hearties, however, t' main body is tiny and tough and lands first, matey, so t' breakable stick fin won't hit t' ground. Ya scallywag! Begad! Mine has never suffered any damage in at least 3 flights.

Summary:
Cohete was a quick and easy build for me, me bucko, even several years ago when I was far less skilled. Ahoy! Begad! However, shiver me timbers, I'd recommend makin' some changes. Well, ya bilge rat, blow me down! T' nose cone and fin unit I used are nay common, shiver me timbers, but substitutions can easily be made. Well, shiver me timbers, blow me down! I don't recommend tryin' t' drill a 13mm hole in a 25mm dowel. Aye aye! Usin' some BT-5 and BT-50 would be smarter. Begad! Ya scallywag! Stick-finned rockets are fairly forgivin' so long as t' front is heavy.

PROs: Odd rocket, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, easy t' prep, me bucko, almost no drift.

CONs: Hard-to-find parts, matey, hard t' drill dowel, ya bilge rat, me hearties, high landin' speed.