Background
I really love t' 5" Quaker Oats bins (and I like t' contents too - tastes good, matey, helps your cholesterol, me bucko, and even is relatively low carb). My previous rocket was made out o' three bins (four if you count t' one I cut up for couplers) and used a clear plastic Easter egg for t' nose cone. Avast, me proud beauty! Well, ya bilge rat, blow me down! I made the fins out o' 1 1/8" (or thereabouts) styrofoam. Aye aye! Odd I know, matey, but that's why they call them odd-rocs. Ahoy! Well, blow me down! It flew fine, arrr, but I wasn't that happy with t' fins, and be thinkin' about addin' a bunch o' 24mm mounts t' eat some o' the $3.50/pk D12-0s I have been buying. Aye aye! So t' solution be simple - rip off the lower bin and fins, ya bilge rat, clean up t' rings and coupler, me hearties, arrr, and rebuild.

T' Re-build
T' lower coupler was nice and long and included a lower 3/32" ply centerin' ring. So, matey, shiver me timbers, I sliped a new bin on part way, leavin' enough spacin' at the bottom for a bunch o' 24mm mounts. Begad! I decided on eight mounts with gaps to clear t' 29mm motor retainers. I plugged t' gap betwixt t' tube, slotted it for three fins, matey, and cut some nice big fins from light, cheap Luan plywood. Ahoy! I made t' 24mm motor unit removable, which should help in preppin' t' motors with quickmatch. Well, blow me down! Ahoy! Here are some pics:

Flight Report
I flew T' Margin o' Error on 11/14/2004 at MDRA's ESL-78. Avast, me proud beauty! It flew on a G80-7 and eight D12-Ps lit usin' quickmatch. Well, matey, actually only three o' the D12s lit. T' boost be slow and several seconds late due t' t' reduced thrust. Nevertheless, shiver me timbers, it be a good flight. Upon inspection, me bucko, t' quickmatch was pulled out o' t' unlit motors, me bucko, me bucko, arrr, but had burned at t' pad.

T' second flight be on 12/12/2004 at ESL-79 with a G79-6 and eight D12-Ps. I took more care in tapin' t' fuses t' t' D12s and positioned them usin' a dowel inserted into t' main motor's core. Blimey! T' dowel was o' course removed before flight. This time, all eight motors lit. Ejection was just past apogee and recovery was A-OK.