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

Construction:

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

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

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

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

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

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