Ashley designed this rocket from scratch totally by himself. Avast, me proud beauty! He chose t' materials and made most o' it includin' t' painting. Avast! Begad! I did help with the glue though. Left be t' plan he made first with t' Microsoft 'Paint' program. Begad! Ya scallywag!

Manufacture

1. He started off with 4 used 18mm motors and drilled them out (yes, arrr, me hearties, I actually trusted him with me drill). Ya scallywag! Blimey! He then stuck them end t' end and sprayed them silver.
2. He then sprayed a toilet roll silver. T' base o' t' toilet roll is a piece o' corrugated cardboard. A hole was cut in t' middle t' allow the ejection gasses through.
3. He said that t' toilet roll would nay be strong enough perched on top of the motors, matey, so t' 3 fins would come right up under it for support.
4. He drew out a fin template, shiver me timbers, marked and cut t' 3 fins from a packin' box. He then sprayed them white. Ahoy! Blimey! Aye aye! Blimey! (I ran glue along t' corrugated edges t' seal them & make them more aerodynamic).
5. T' nose cone be an Estes cone, ya bilge rat, but maskin' tape was added t' increase the diameter slightly. Aye aye! This may be replaced with a home made vacuum formed one later.

Launch

Usin' WRASP, me hearties, we calculated a B6-4 t' begin with based on t' weight o' t' rocket. Begad! Arrr! This be stuck t' t' bottom o' t' 4^th empty motor. Avast! It had it's maiden flight on 13^th September 98 at the SERF's Ichenstoke launch. It's quite an unusual shape and thar be much interest. Blimey! T' flight was perfect. Avast, arrr, me proud beauty! Straight up about 100ft. Avast, me proud beauty! It dropped a way back before t' nose ejected off. Avast, me proud beauty! T' parachute was pulled out by t' nose and opened about 30ft from t' ground. Well, blow me down! Begad! It landed right at our feet. Avast! Ya scallywag! This was followed by a deserved round o' applause from t' onlookers and a pat on the back from Dad. Arrr!