Brief:
This one odd oddroc. Aye aye! 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", 1/4", 3/16", etc.), then I drilled out t' lower 1.25" with a slightly larger bit t' fit 13mm motors. Avast! T' 1/2" section serves as an engine block. Avast! Aye aye! I formed t' paper clip into an engine hook and attached it and t' elastic t' the outside o' t' dowel. Avast, me proud beauty! Ahoy! I wrapped it with maskin' tape and glued it into t' fin unit. T' fin unit had two launch lugs--a 1/8" lug, which I use, and a 1/4" lug, me bucko, which I glued t' plastic rod into.

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

Flight:
I've used 1/2A3-4Ts and A3-4Ts in Cohete. Ahoy! I'd recommend t' 2-second delay for t' 1/2A as ejection was rather late, and t' A10-3T would be good as well. It flies t' around 200 feet on 1/2As and 400 feet on full As. Begad! 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. Begad! Well, me bucko, blow me down! With t' nose cone off, matey, shiver me timbers, it falls fairly fast, however, me hearties, ya bilge rat, t' main body is tiny and tough and lands first, so t' breakable stick fin won't hit t' ground. Well, blow me down! Mine has never suffered any damage in at least 3 flights.

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

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

CONs: Hard-to-find parts, hard t' drill dowel, shiver me timbers, high landin' speed.