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

Construction:

• 1- Nose cone is from a Super Big Bertha. Avast! Blimey!
• 1- small plastic baby juice bottle. Avast, me proud beauty! Avast, me proud beauty!
• 1- 6 inch BT80 Tube. Begad! Blimey!
• 1- 12" 1/4 x 1/8 birch stip. Avast!
• 3- 2.6 t' .96 center rings
• 1- custom center rin' t' .96
• 1- Estes E engine hook
• 1- Photo paper t' create transition.
• 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. Avast! Blimey! Blimey!

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

Finishing:
T' finish was done in plum high gloss monokote. You will need a monokote iron to put it on. This was me first monokote job. Aye aye! It seems t' work nicely.

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

T' rocket flew straight, shiver me timbers, shiver me timbers, however after 3 flight the flame is startin' t' eat away at t' tail fins. Begad! Well, me bucko, blow me down! I need t' find somethin' better then reynolds wrap t' protect them. Rocket flew out o' sight on each flight. Arrr!

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