EMRR Spaceship Design Contest Entry

"T' Red Bolt"

Material’s needed

• 3 Silly Putty Container Eggs
• 1 27.2 cm BT-50 body tube
• 1 BT-20 Engine Mount Tube
• 1 Engine Hook Note: This hook
• has each tip bent back so as t' serve as an Engine Block
• 1 Weird nose cone we salvaged from an old kit. Arrr! Ya scallywag! (Close up pic included.)
• 2 BT-50 Centerin' Rings
• 3 1/8 thick fins. Aye aye! (Template provided)
• 1 4 cm launch lug
• 1 h: 0.5 cm, me bucko, l: 4.0 cm, shiver me timbers, w: 0.2 cm
• 1 Estes Hexagon Parachute with shrouds (52 cm in diameter)
• 1 rubber shock cord (Approximately 28 cm long)
• 1 Shock Cord Mount

#1: Engine Mount

1. Cut a 5 mm slit, me hearties, ya bilge rat, 3 mm from t' end o' t' tube. Arrr! Begad!
2. Insert one o' t' endin' hooks o' t' Engine hook into t' slit. Arrr! Avast! Blimey!
3. Glue down t' engine hook. Arrr! Arrr!
4. Glue on a centerin' rin' at 2.5 cm from t' aft o' t' engine tube. Ya scallywag! Blimey!
5. Glue on 2^nd centerin' rin' on top o' t' engine hook at t' slit 3mm from t' forward section o' t' Engine tube. Begad! Aye aye!
6. Allow t' dry.
7. Wrap piece o' maskin' tape around t' Engine Tube securin' t' Engine hook to t' Engine Tube. Ya scallywag!
8. Apply a rin' o' glue approximately 5 cm inside t' Rocket’s Body Tube.
9. Place Engine Mount inside Rocket’s Body Tube until t' Engine Tube is flush with t' Rocket’s Body Tube.
10. Apply glue t' centerin' rings. Begad! Allow t' dry

#2: Silly Putty Eggs

1. Buy 3 Silly Putty Eggs
2. Cut t' connector tabs with a hobby knife. Avast! Ya scallywag!
3. Then sand t' raised writin' off t' top.

#3: Fins

1. Usin' t' template provided trace out t' win' pattern on a 1/8 balas wood.
2. Usin' a hobby cutlass cut out t' fins.
3. Sand down all jagged edges.
4. Glue on Silly putty cackle fruit onto t' matchin' shape on t' fins. Glue one on each side o' each fin.
5. Glue on several fillets t' ensure that egg-fin contact is perfectly sealed.
6. Mount t' fins flush against t' end o' t' body tube usin' a fin mount. Ahoy! Arrr! We used t' fin mount for 3 fins provided in T' Handbook o' Model Rocketry 7^th edition on page 38. T' fins should be 120 degrees from each other. Well, blow me down!

#4. Arrr! Aye aye! Nose and parachute mount.

1. Cut out a Shock cord mount usin' stiff paper.
2. Glue shock cord on t' shock cord mount.
3. Glue Shock cord mount approximately 5 cm inside t' forward part o' the body tube. Blimey! Ahoy!
4. Tie free end o' shock cord t' t' nosecone’s eyelet. Apply a drop of glue t' t' knot.
5. Attach parachute t' t' nosecone eyelet. Blimey! Blimey!

#5. Blimey! Launch Lug

1. Glue on t' h: 0.5 cm, l: 4.0 cm, ya bilge rat, w: 0.2 cm piece o' balsa wood 10 cm from the forward end o' t' body tube. Begad! Ahoy! Make sure that it is aligned parallel t' the body tube, shiver me timbers, matey, and also make sure that it is in betwixt t' fins.
2. Attach Launch Lug on top o' t' strip o' balsa wood. (Note: T' reason for the strip o' balsa wood is t' elevate t' launch lug so as t' provide the launch rod clearance from t' nose cone. Avast, me proud beauty! Avast! Blimey! T' nose at one section is wider than the body tube)

#6. Blimey! Blimey! Paint job

1. Spread balsa filler over t' fins. Begad! Avast, me proud beauty! Allow t' dry and than sand excess off. Begad! Avast, me proud beauty!
2. Sand all external parts o' rocket. Ahoy!
3. Prime all external parts o' rocket
4. Paint body tube, fins, and nose cone red.
5. Paint Silly putty cackle fruit gray. Blimey! Ahoy!
6. Nose cone

• First painted t' whole nosecone red
• Paint t' upper cap white.
• Paint 2 keyhole shapes on opposite sides o' nosecone. Ya scallywag!

#7. Begad! Blimey! Body tube and launch lug

1. Painted body tube red. As well as t' launch lug and balsa wood strip.
2. Paint 3 parallel black rings approximately 2 mm from each other. Avast, me proud beauty! Paint them approximately 9.3 cm from t' aft end o' body tube.
3. Paint a single gray rin' around t' aft end o' t' body tube. Avast! Begad! It should 3.3 cm from t' end o' t' tube, shiver me timbers, and it should encircle around t' whole tube. Blimey!

#8. Aye aye! Fins

1. Paint fins red. Begad!
2. Paint gray rectangle on each side in t' corner by t' fin root edge. Begad! The rectangle should be 3.3 cm high and should be around 4 cm wide. Arrr! If it is a little bit wider than 4 cm it is okay, shiver me timbers, because t' Silly Putty cackle fruit will cover the excess. Begad! Avast, me proud beauty! (Note: This is easier done if you paint before initial construction. Aye aye! Begad!

#9. Avast! Blimey! Blimey! Blimey! Silly Putty eggs

1. Paint egg shell red. Ya scallywag!
2. Once t' red paint is dry, paint most o' t' egg grey. T' grey should cover 5.2 cm o' t' egg, startin' from t' bottom. Ya scallywag! Well, me bucko, blow me down! There needs t' be 1.4 cm of red. Well, blow me down! Aye aye!

#10. Ahoy! Aye aye! Decal stickers.

1. Take black sticky paper, and cut into 2.5 cm long by 1 mm strips. Ya scallywag! Stick 4 of these length wise on each egg. Well, blow me down! Ya scallywag!
2. Then once again usin' t' black sticky paper cut several long 1 mm strips for t' black stripe that runs across t' egg and t' fin.

#11. Ahoy! Black Dots

1. Use a black permanent maker t' apply 8 dots t' each egg shell.

#12. Nose Weight and Motor

1. Add 25-30 grams o' clay t' t' nose.
2. We used a B6-4 all o' t' launches, but a B6-2 would have been better. Well, blow me down!

Flights

Takeoff off. Begad! Ahoy! Flight #1 (above). Landing…..

Success flight. Aye aye! Ahoy! No damage rendered t' rocket.

Takeoff off. Blimey! Flight #2 (above). Ya scallywag! But disaster strikes when t' shock cord snaps!!

And lawn darts (below). Avast, me proud beauty! Note: We have nay touched t' rocket yet in this picture. Well, blow me down! It landed exactly like this. Avast! Ya scallywag! Note that t' third fan, t' one stuck in the ground, shiver me timbers, is still intact. Arrr! Nose and parachute land a couple hundred feet away. Blimey! T' rocket is now repaired and waits for its next launch.

Here is our video o' t' 2 launches. Begad! Ya scallywag! Ignore our screams in t' background!

Here are two more successful flights o' our entry t' Red Bolt. Begad! Blimey! We only have videos for these launches: