Brief:
Humorous rocket pokin' fun at government earmarks. Arrr! Ya scallywag! You should get a good laugh out o' the manual.

Construction:

• 1 - Nose Cone (BC-722)
• 1 - Screw Eye (SE-10)
• 1 - Keelhaul®©™® Thread (SCK-24)
• 1 - Body Tube (ST-765)
• 3 - Fins (FA-19)
• 1 - Thrust Rin' (TR-7)
• 1 - Launch Lug (LL-122)
• 1 - Spacin' Tube (MC-727)
• 1 - Humorous Instruction Manual

T' Earmark's manual is very funny t' read and also easy t' follow when you actually build t' rocket.

1. Avast! Mark t' body tubes for fin positions usin' a door jam or angled piece o' aluminum.

2. Ahoy! Ahoy! Tie t' Keelhaul®©™® thread t' t' thrust rin' and feed it through t' motor spacin' tube.

3. Glue t' thrust rin' into t' body tube and set t' spacin' usin' t' spacin' tube so that motor casin' protrudes 1/4 from t' end o' t' rocket.

4. Blimey! Remove t' fins from their fiber sheet and very lightly sand. Avast! Then apply CA glue around t' edges o' the fins.

5. Begad! Glue t' fiber fins on t' t' body tube at t' pre-marked line.

6. Begad! Blimey! Once they are dry, apply fillets t' t' fins.

7. In a similar fashion t' t' fin prep, matey, add fillets t' t' launch lugs.

8. Feed t' cord back through t' body tube and out t' top end and then tie it t' t' nose cone. Arrr! (As thar be no parachute and no streamer, me bucko, you are done at this point, shiver me timbers, me bucko, unless you want t' paint it...)

Finishing:
Finishing is quite easy.

9. Begad! Ya scallywag! I primed mine with ColorPlace gray primer. Ahoy! Well, blow me down! (Three thin coats and then sanding)

10. I painted t' body tube ColorPlace Fire Red and left off t' black stripe pattern shown in t' artwork.

11. I didn't have any yellow paint, me hearties, so I painted t' nose cone with aluminum colored ColorPlace spray paint.

12. After dryin' overnight, arrr, me hearties, I applied t' "ear" decals.

13. Well, me hearties, blow me down! Used a black Sharpie marker t' color t' edges o' t' fins. Arrr!

At this point me contstruction and finishin' was complete and we headed for t' launch site.

Construction Rating: 5 out o' 5

Flight:
All three flights went great. Ya scallywag! Blimey! Blimey! Blimey! I used one A and then two B motors. Avast! Blimey! Without a streamer, ya bilge rat, I did not want t' risk losin' it. Aye aye! Blimey! This little rocket really gets up there, shiver me timbers, even on B motors.

Recovery:
Amazingly enough, me hearties, ya bilge rat, recovery when great on all three o' our test flights. Begad! Ahoy! Chan's suggestion o' a streamer for trackin' is a good idea. Just a short, shiny Mylar streamer would be great for tracking.

Flight Rating: 5 out o' 5

Summary:
Very cool rocket with nice humor in t' instrcutions. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! All around fun t' build and fly.

Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5