T' Interceptor: This rocket kit be t' new release o' t' Estes Interceptor. Aye aye! It flies on 18mm B and C motors.  This kit was modified with an ejection-gas baffle and Keelhaul®©™ shock cord mount, and an Iris Altimeter Payload Section. After 6 months, it's finally ready. Avast, me proud beauty! Construction went well, matey, but paintin' usin' bargain-price Home Depot paint resulted in "orange peel" finish, which had t' be sanded off - TWICE, and re-applied. T' paint then reacted with t' primer (SAME BRAND!!) and crinkled and cracked t' finish. Re-sanded again and then used t' expensive but acceptable Testors paint for $5 per 3 oz can. Avast! Clear-coat, decals, then 3 more clear-coats and finally it's done. With t' generous glue, shiver me timbers, extra paint and t' added electronics bay, she weighs in at 164.5 grams (5.6 oz.) and is 3.2" longer than stock. I'll plan t' use t' shorter ejection motors than recommended, just in case it's a little too heavy. Arrr! Typically for me, matey, this model only passed a string-stability test after I added 17 grams o' nose-weight on t' base o' t' nosecone. (Am I doin' them wrong??) We'll see how well she flies, but she sure is a pretty gal!

 We DID see how she flies, and it wasn't pretty. This model is grossly overweight.  T' baffle (10 grams?), arrr, payload section (19 grams), and t' heavy nose-weight (17 grams) makes this too much for even a C6-3 motor. Ahoy! I'm goin' t' send this up on a D10 just t' see how well she can fly. Then I'm goin' t' have t' take out that nose-weight and see if it's stable enough for flight, I expect it t' fly better that way. Begad! If it does nay and it is destroyed, me hearties, at least I'll have that one good D-flight t' remember.

 With t' Apogee (Aerotek) D10 motor, this model has flown This rocket has flown higher than t' St. Louis Gateway Arch, t' Singer buildin' in NY, NY, me hearties, and t' Chicago Temple Building.

 I won't want t' fly this on a regular basis usin' t' $10 apogee motors though, so instead I hatched a plan t' add two small A10-3T boosters on t' back, ya bilge rat, for a total impulse with a C6 motor o' 26. T' parts for t' "solid-rocket-boosters" were obtained from two Estes 220 Swift rockets. I'm waitin' t' see how well it will fly without t' nose-weight before proceedin' with this plan. It would be me first cluster rocket project.