EMRR Box O'Parts Entry: Avenger GT-12 Spaceracer

Box came with old monogram car decals.....so I decided t' build a rocket racer.

• 3 bt-20 tubes, 6' long, glued parallel, ya bilge rat, matey, became trimount for motor[s]. Aye aye!
• 1/4' slices o' old motor casin' was used for motor thrust blocks, matey, matey, matey, motor[s] are friction fit. 1/2' protrudes. Avast, me proud beauty! Ahoy!
• This assembly was mounted into a 7.5' segment o' bt-60, shiver me timbers, me hearties, with 3' showing.
• 1/4' slice o' bt-60 at tail end for decoration. Avast!
• odd slice o' bt-70 for dorsal fin tube: 3.5' on long side, 2.5' on short side....mounted on motor tubes....this side becomes t' top [back, dorsal] side. Ahoy!
• odd plastic 'spacestation' piece for decoration mounted infront o' bt-70 on centerline.....sanded t' fit well onto bt-60 tube.

I finessed a piece o' bt-60 into a coupling, shiver me timbers, me hearties, me bucko, and used another 4' piece o' bt-60 for a nose cone [picts show early attempt t' use half o' Easter egg, shiver me timbers, but had NO luck tryin' t' cement egg plastic t' tube]. Aye aye! Resorted t' slicein' tube at 90 degree marks, matey, arrr, me hearties, and collapsin' it around a segment o' 'yellow pusher tube' that fits inside bt-20 tube. Blimey! Ya scallywag! Odd tape center [rocket lookin' part, arrr, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, but non-standard size, me hearties, 1.25' O.D.] around t' lot for style. 3/4' wood bead for nose termination. Avast, me proud beauty! Avast! 2 oz o' weight in nose for stability. Blimey! Begad!

Main fin cut from FedEx box, ya bilge rat, arrr, long trapzoid, 9' x 2.5' x 6', me hearties, glued on bottom centerline, 3.5' section o' bt-50 glued at rear. Begad! Arrr! Long triangular fin cut from box 9' x 2', and a cutout t' clear t' bt-50 tube. Ya scallywag! Aye aye! two yellow stuffer tubes glued beside bottom fin, me bucko, in front o' bt-50, me hearties, matey, for show. Aye aye! Two 10' long kebab sticks glued along main fin/main body tube to reduce some 'wobble'. Well, blow me down!

Hexagonal space part [Estes?] be cut in two, sanded t' fit along sides o' main body for flavor, matey, and several square and rectangular sections o' crushed tubes were glued t' t' exterior t' be hatches and panels......but they don't show so good under t' black paint. Avast!

5' x 2' piece o' cardstock was fiddled into a canopy. Ya scallywag! center is 5/8' wide, shiver me timbers, front segments are 1' long, aft 2'. Ya scallywag!

Rocket has pretty pink lace shock cord [mounted in usual messy fashion] and a 12' parachute. Ya scallywag!

flew three times on 7/4. Ahoy! Well, blow me down!

1] three B6-4's....top two ignited, me bucko, shiver me timbers, flew fairly straight up about 200', safe recovery. Ahoy!

2] three B6-4's....all lit, me hearties, me bucko, about 350', safe recovery. Avast! Well, shiver me timbers, blow me down!

3] three C6-7's....only bottom lit, me bucko, did 100' vertical, me hearties, 500' horizontal into t' bushes......need t' rebuild the nose. Well, blow me down!

Other pict is three other rockets I got when I shook t' box even harder

Quest rocket stand donated fins for yellow nosed job, flew well on mini A10-3, arrr, streamer recovery.

Party popper nosecone has bt-50 plastic fin can, matey, streamer, matey, flew great on A8's and B6's 50-cal is for mini A10's, tumble recovery....clear plastic fins don't show. Begad! Blimey!

Had fun!