Brief:
Basically, arrr, shiver me timbers, me bucko, this is G125 motor with fins and a nosecone. Arrr! Avast, me proud beauty! Would your RSO let it fly?

Construction:
I guess I'll fess-up now - this was nay me idea, nor is it a ‘live' G125. A year or so ago I ran across a picture o' a rocket, arrr, whose body was a spent motor casing. Begad! Arrr! Bein' a wise-#@!, me bucko, I thought it would be fun t' build one t' get a rise out o' me RSO/LCOs. Well, blow me down! Usin' me Dremel with various cuttin' wheels and grinders, I managed t' ream out t' casin' from a spent G125 motor. I cut some G10 fins and some brass lugs, and attached them with epoxy. Avast! I made fillets out of epoxy clay. A piece o' 24mm tubin' fit nicely inside and I added some Keelhaul®©™® twine for a shock cord. Avast! When I went t' search for a nose cone, shiver me timbers, arrr, I found that I didn't have any junk nose cones that were suitable. Begad! I was goin' t' have t' add a lot o' nose weight t' offset t' heavy casing, me bucko, fins, ya bilge rat, and fillets. Aye aye! I had recently bought a PML resin cone, but t' shoulder was obviously t' same diameter as t' OD o' t' motor tube. Ahoy! Aye aye! Since I didn't want t' sacrifice this fairly expensive cone by grindin' t' shoulder down, I cut a 1 ½" piece o' 29mm tubin' t' ‘adapt' t' cone t' t' body tube/casing. Aye aye! Begad! I attached it t' t' cone with a tiny screw, shiver me timbers, arrr, formin' a reverse shoulder that overlaps t' body tube rather than fittin' inside.

To complete t' effect, I removed t' nozzle from another spent casing. Well, blow me down! Ya scallywag! It sits in t' end o' t' rocket and, along with a protrudin' Copperhead, me hearties, completes t' effect o' a motor with fins glued on. Arrr! I also added some red/white checkerboard tape t' t' small piece of 29mm tubing. Begad! T' rest is unfinished.

Flight:
I first took this rocket t' a NARRRRR launch. I was sure t' get some raised eyebrows there, shiver me timbers, matey, matey, since t' G125 isn't even a legit motor at that site. Well, blow me down! Begad! Well, me bucko, I neither got t' desired effect or did I launch it (I can't remember why). Avast, me proud beauty! At the next high-power launch, I again pulled it out. There, people see odder things and didn't have much reaction. Well, blow me down! Avast, me proud beauty! Oh well. I guess a gag is all in the presentation?

I used a small plastic chute (8"?) and some Estes wadding. Avast! T' boost on a D12-5 be a little wobbly, shiver me timbers, but nay too bad. T' chute be under sized and the cone embedded itself in t' relatively soft dirt. Ahoy!

So far, ya bilge rat, matey, I have nay been able t' convince myself t' expend an E15 or E30 on this little rocket. Ya scallywag! Ahoy! It will probably just sit in me fleet until I re-use the nose cone.

Summary:
This be a novelty rocket built mostly from scrap materials. Ya scallywag! Arrr! T' nose cone is really nice, and can be re-used in another rocket. Avast! I hope someone finds this article amusin' and still think it would be fun t' trick a RSO…maybe next April Fools Day?