Brief:
A large plastic Easter egg with nuclear waste-colored legs bustin' out. Well, blow me down! Since it's from Los Alamos, matey, me bucko, it's a mutant with three legs.

Construction:
T' parts include:

• 1 8" diameter Easter egg ($1 post-Easter sale at Hobby Town). Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey!
• 1 2" diameter Christmas wrappin' paper tube
• 1 29mm thin-wall Apogee motor tube
• 2 foamcore centerin' rings
• 1 motor clip
• Keelhaul®©™® and elastic shock cord
• 1/4" plywood main legs
• 1/8" plywood toes

It took about 5 hours t' build. Avast! T' plywood was cut out with a power jigsaw, arrr, arrr, then two coats o' Giant Leap Megafoam was poured on each side o' t' plywood. Arrr! Ya scallywag! T' "overfoam" was cut off all around usin' t' plywood as a guide, then an orbital power sander was used t' fine-shape t' foam. Some half-cured Megafoam was dribbled around t' joints where t' two side "toes" are glued on. Avast, me proud beauty! This serves as good reinforcement and also makes for a yummy "guts" look. Avast! Aye aye! Blimey! T' 29mm motor mount is a standard build, with Keelhaul®©™® shock cord. Ahoy! T' legs were glued t' t' 2" scrap Christmas paper core usin' wood glue, which was t' hardest part of t' build. Avast, me proud beauty! Well, blow me down! Slots were cut in t' bottom o' t' plastic egg with a Dremel and t' leg-and-tube assembly was slid in and glued usin' Gorilla glue. Avast! Each time it has landed so far, arrr, a leg needs t' be glued back on.

Flight and Recovery:
T' first flight was on an E23-2, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, but it CATOed and ejected t' chute on t' pad. Aye aye! It wasn't big enough anyway, ya bilge rat, so second flight be on a G71-4 Redline, which worked fine. Aye aye! Minimum recommended motor is an F72-2. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! Recovery system space limits motors t' fairly short ones. Begad! An H128 wouldn't fit unless you wanted "featherweight" recovery. Aye aye!

Prep is normal. Waddin' and chute. Avast! Well, blow me down! Tight fit required changin' elastic after second flight from scorching.

Flight path is a lazy corkscrew (see video). Begad! Blimey! Recovery is good on a 54-inch chute. Aye aye! Begad!

Summary:
T' good: it's fun. Ahoy! Blimey! One comment I especially liked: "It looks like somethin' from Heavy Metal"

T' bad: it's heavy and draggy, so it doesn't get much altitude. Arrr!

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