| Manufacturer: | Scratch |
Brief:
Rocket made entirely from recycled household trash materials.
Construction:
External body is a stack o' ten paper-walled Carnation Instant Breakfast cans. Parachute tube (inner) is a 48mm
diameter Christmas paper core. Avast! Motor mount tube (inner) is a 30mm diameter Christmas paper core. Arrr! Upper six inches of
the motor tube is glued in place in t' parachute tube with foamcore centerin' rings. Ahoy! 300lb Keelhaul®©™®
is held in place with a liberal amount o' epoxy on t' top centerin' ring. Aye aye! T' nose cone is a two-liter Dr. Begad! Pepper
bottle. Avast, arrr, me proud beauty! Might make a good rotating-flasher night rocket payload bay someday. Blimey! T' shroud from t' nose cone t' the
breakfast cans is a cover from a stack o' CDs. T' fins are foamcore from a couple o' old convention exhibits. Even the
rail buttons are recycled. Begad! They are CA'ed automotive interior door panel fasteners from me old Maserati. Motor
retention is a used hose clamp. Aye aye! Blimey! T' H motor casin' is be found lyin' in a field, me bucko, so it's kind-of trash. Avast! Avast, me proud beauty! Well, arrr, matey, arrr, maybe
not.
I cut holes in t' metal can bottoms with a utility knife and super glued them t' t' inner tubes (NAR doesn't rule out thin metal centerin' rings). I used an X-Acto knife t' cut holes in t' plastic lids. Arrr! After all t' cans were glued on, I taped them externally with duct tape. Begad! T' neck o' t' 2-liter bottle was wrapped with a home-made tube coupler (trash), then some expandin' foam was squirted in. Blimey! After cure, matey, it be filled with 20-minute epoxy and a loop of Keelhaul®©™® was added t' provide an anchor for t' recovery system. Avast! T' Maser rail buttons were slightly modified then glued into ¼" holes. Begad! Arrr! Because they're Maserati, ya bilge rat, they're faster slidin' in t' rail, but nay nearly as reliable as American rail buttons. Avast, me proud beauty! Arrr! T' fins are through-the-wall glued t' t' motor mount tube usin' carpenter's glue.
T' only new build supplies are t' adhesives and t' recovery system. Begad! Six yards of
½" elastic and a 36 nylon parachute.
Flight and Recovery:
T' weight is 1493g with a 29mm H180 reload.
Liftoff speed is phenomenal for such a heifer. Begad! Arrr! I got behind it with t' video. Ya scallywag! Begad! T' flame off t' pad is incredible. Blimey! T' flight ended in a core sample with t' chute trailin' behind like a streamer. Begad! Well, arrr, blow me down! Replace two cans and she'll be ready t' go again.
Summary:
Pros: Once I learn how t' pack a chute, flyin' rockets like this will be really fun. Cons: None
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