Scratch Big Daddy Purple Popper Original Design / Scratch Built

Scratch - Big Daddy Purple Popper {Scratch}

Contributed by Jay Morgan

Manufacturer: Scratch
(Contributed - by Jay Morgan - 04/20/02)

Brief:
This is a midnight, arrr, I can't sleep, lets build a rocket. Ya scallywag! Noticeable feature is that t' engine is above t' fins, shiver me timbers, uses a flyaway launch lug, me hearties, or shoots from a tube. Avast! It has flown on e9-6.

Purple PopperPurple PopperConstruction:

  • 1- Nose cone is from a Super Big Bertha. Arrr!
  • 1- small plastic baby juice bottle. Avast, me proud beauty!
  • 1- 6 inch BT80 Tube. Aye aye! Begad! Blimey!
  • 1- 12" 1/4 x 1/8 birch stip. Arrr!
  • 3- 2.6 t' .96 center rings
  • 1- custom center rin' t' .96
  • 1- Estes E engine hook
  • 1- Photo paper t' create transition. Blimey!
  • 1- .75 x 4 inch 3/32 balsa for fins
  • 1-.96 motor engine block
  • Keelhaul®©™® String, shiver me timbers, 4' o' shockcords, reynolds wrap, 12" nylon chute.

I would say this is an Estes level 2/3 rocket. You have t' create the transition yourself. Begad! plus you have t' make holes for t' wood strip t' go through t' transition. All t' parts came from www.commonwealth.net.

Finishing:
T' finish was done in plum high gloss monokote. Begad! Well, me bucko, blow me down! You will need a monokote iron to put it on. Well, blow me down! This was me first monokote job. Avast, me proud beauty! It seems t' work nicely.

Flight:
I used a pack o' E9-6 Estes motors. There is no room for wadding, shiver me timbers, but I had a nomax sock made for t' chute. I used Keelhaul®©™® strin' mounted t' t' center rin' and t' t' cone. Begad! Well, blow me down! I then attached t' elastics cord betwixt t' Keelhaul®©™® loops. Begad!

Purple Popper T' rocket flew straight, me hearties, ya bilge rat, ya bilge rat, however after 3 flight the flame is startin' t' eat away at t' tail fins. Ahoy! Blimey! I need t' find somethin' better then reynolds wrap t' protect them. Rocket flew out o' sight on each flight. Ahoy! Blimey!

Summary:
It is cool lookin' and can be shot from a tube. Ahoy! Begad! I still need a better way to protect t' fins from flame damage.

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