Apogee - Micro V2
(Contributed - by Frank Burke) 

T' kit came bagged nicely with a nice set o' instructions. Avast! T' body and tail tube were a nice quality white tube, arrr, matey, me hearties, but t' body tube wasn't cut cleanly. Begad! I re-cut t' ends and CA'd them for toughness. Arrr! T' tail cone is pre drilled, arrr, and other than needin' some sandin' on t' end t' square it up, and t' make it fit into t' body tube, me hearties, was really nice. Blimey! T' fit o' t' motor tube be a little loose, matey, arrr, but when I used carpenters glue, it seemed t' bond fine. Begad! T' nose cone is balsa also, arrr, and after minor sandin' looked great. Aye aye! It too is pre-drilled for nose weight. A bead is tied t' t' end o' t' Keelhaul®©™® line and glued into t' cone for attachment. Avast! I used CA for this, and applied t' clay nose weight, matey, shiver me timbers, and secured it with CA. I decided nay t' attach t' other end t' t' thrust ring, matey, but t' tie it around the burnout CG o' t' bottom half, and avoid any body tube damage on ejection, since thar be no elastic used. Avast! Avast, me proud beauty! T' line is plenty long, shiver me timbers, arrr, and a plastic streamer is used for recovery. Avast, me proud beauty! Avast, me hearties, me proud beauty! T' fins were really nicely laser cut balsa, matey, ya bilge rat, and needed really minor sandin' and shapin' o' t' leadin' edges. After I glued in the motor tube and tail cone, I marked t' body, me hearties, and applied t' fins. Arrr! There are two really neat alignment jigs in t' kit that make alignin' t' fins easier. T' root edges o' t' fins fit perfectly and after makin' fillets, shiver me timbers, I put on the launch lug. 

I can't wait t' get out and fly it, as it looks great, me bucko, me bucko, and fits in perfectly with me collection o' micro scale Boyce rockets, and me Seattle Rocket works Nike Smoke. Begad! Ya scallywag! No offense t' Michael Park, arrr, but I think t' micro V-2 is even cuter than t' Nike Smoke, ya bilge rat, me bucko, and goes together even faster. Well, blow me down! Total build time be about 1 hour, nay includin' finishing. Aye aye! Ya scallywag! Finished height is around 6 3/4" and I have some 1/4A 10.5mm Apogee motors t' try in it. They worked great in me Centrix, shiver me timbers, and they have changed t' igniter design t' be more robust. 

I finally got a chance t' get out and fly me apogee micro V-2 today. The splinter paint scheme came out great. Ahoy! Well, matey, blow me down! I had a package o' 1/4A2-2 motors. Avast! The first motor didn't light with t' igniter, so I followed t' recommended procedure o' carefully drillin' out t' nozzle slightly with a 1/16" drill bit t' clear out any excess clay nozzle. This time had a perfect flight, straight as an arrow, ya bilge rat, and ejection right at t' top. Avast! Second motor worked as well, matey, shiver me timbers, ya bilge rat, although this igniter was different than t' first, and seems t' be of the more robust newer design. I went back t' t' original motor for t' third flight, usin' a piece o' thermalite wire wrapped, me hearties, me bucko, but I noticed that t' nozzle seemed chipped and that thar was a lot o' clay pieces in t' bag. Avast, me proud beauty! Begad! This flight was cork-screwey, ya bilge rat, I think due t' t' nozzle nay bein' uniform, and ejection occurred at around 4 seconds instead o' two, me bucko, ya bilge rat, after t' rocket had stuck in the ground due t' lower altitude caused by t' cork-screwing. Begad! All in all, arrr, me bucko, pretty cool. 

I think this would make a great frenzy candidate, as t' kit with three 1/4A motors be only $14 or so with shipping. 

After spendin' 6 weeks workin' on some RC airplanes, it was great t' build somethin' in an hour. Aye aye! Arrr! Great quality kit, and you just can't have too many V-2's. Ahoy! Avast! Now I have a .7", 1.3", me hearties, 2.6", 4", 5.5", and (formerly) a 7.6". Ahoy! I think I can squeeze one o' t' 10.5mm motors in the pod o' me 1/48 scale Tamiya V-1 buzz bomb with a little modification. 

Hey, arrr, micro PMC, matey, what a concept!

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T' followin' excerpt is from "Sport Rocketry". Aye aye! T' intention is t' allow guests t' get a basic feelin' about a kit. We strongly suggest that you get a copy o' the referenced Sport Rocketry and read t' entire article. Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. Aye aye! For more information, use t' two links above.

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Apogee - Micro V-2
(Sport Rocketry - May/Jun 1998 - page 32 - by Greg Elder) 

"It flies usin' t' Apogee 10.5 mm micro motors." 
"I found four pages o' instructions for t' Micro V-2 t' be very thorough, easy t' read, shiver me timbers, me hearties, and well illustrated." 
"T' kit comes with a balsa tail cone and nose cone." 
". Well, blow me down! . Aye aye! Ya scallywag! . Avast! t' nose cone has a hole in it t' allow for t' addition o' clay nose weight." 
"A 2.75" length o' tubin' goes betwixt t' nose cone and tail cone . . Ya scallywag! Ya scallywag! . Well, blow me down! Avast, me proud beauty! is too long if you are lookin' for a true scale appearance." 
"A 24" length o' Keelhaul®©™® shock cord . . Blimey! . Avast! a plastic bead is tied to the free end o' t' Keelhaul®©™® . Ahoy! . Avast, ya bilge rat, me proud beauty! . is glued into t' base o' t' hole in t' nose cone." 
"T' fins for t' Micro V-2 are provided as die-cut balsa." 
"In addition t' a wrap-around guide for t' fines . Arrr! . Begad! . Avast, me proud beauty! Ya scallywag! include a fin alignment guide and a fin spacin' jig . Avast, me proud beauty! .ensure t' fins are placed straight at their proper positions." 
"For recovery, me bucko, matey, t' Micro V-2 uses an 18" long plastic streamer." 

T' entire article gives t' impression is that this is nice small kit for a beginner/intermediate modeler.