Brief:
For this 2-stager, an Estes Mini Marz Lander serves as both t' nosecone and second stage. Arrr! T' main rocket has a 29mm motor mount, while t' Lander flies on 13mm motors. Ya scallywag! This review will focus on t' method o' adaptin' t' Lander t' t' booster rocket.

Construction:

• One Estes Mini Marz Lander
• One booster made from a 2" diameter mailin' tube. Avast! Arrr! T' booster includes a 29mm motor mount, me hearties, me bucko, fins made from copper-clad G10 circuit boards, and Blacksky rail buttons.
• One additional 2" x 44" mailin' tube, with full-length telescopin' tube (bought from T' Container Store).
• One 2" x 8" clear plastic mailin' tube, with plastic end caps (also from T' Container Store)
• 12" o' 24 ga wire, shiver me timbers, screw terminal connector, matey, ya bilge rat, G10 plate, ya bilge rat, G-Wiz altimeter
• Two plywood bulkplates (1/4")
• One eye bolt with related hardware.
• Misc. Avast! Blimey! nuts and bolts t' attach t' payload section
• 1/4" tubular Keelhaul®©™ shock cord
• Whatever chute I grab from t' range box

I originally bought t' Mini Marz Lander t' use as a fixed nosecone. Aye aye! However, I just couldn't brin' myself t' cut it up and remove its legs. Instead, I decided t' use it as a nosecone as-is, arrr, shiver me timbers, and t' try t' stage it from t' booster rocket. 

Rummagin' around me "bone yard", ya bilge rat, me bucko, I found t' remains o' a 2" diameter rocket that had a 29mm motor mount. Ahoy! Avast, me proud beauty! A bit much for what I needed, but it was t' right diameter (2"). I needed some more tubin' and a way t' mount me G-Wiz altimeter. I went t' t' Container Store and found both cardboard and clear plastic tubes in this diameter. T' latter seemed perfect for an altimeter bay, since I'd be able t' see t' LEDS on t' G-Wiz with t' rocket fully assembled. 

I used about 12 inches o' t' paper tube t' extend t' existin' booster (the white section just above t' silver-colored booster), ya bilge rat, and made a payload section out o' another 7 inches (the red section above that). Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! I made a shoulder usin' a piece o' t' telescopin' tubing, ya bilge rat, me bucko, a home made plywood bulkhead, ya bilge rat, and an eyebolt. 

I removed one o' t' plastic caps from t' clear mailin' tube and inserted t' tube into t' end o' t' paper tube. Begad! T' fit was tight, and t' make sure it wouldn't come apart, ya bilge rat, I attached it with four small screws. Begad! Begad! T' other plastic cap became t' closure for t' top o' t' altimeter bay, ya bilge rat, and is also attached with small screws. Well, blow me down! Arrr! A plywood bulkhead was bolted t' it, matey, matey, and t' pair be drilled t' accept t' wirin' for t' altimeter. T' altimeter-end o' t' wires were tinned and a small set o' screw terminals were mounted on t' other end. Blimey! Arrr! This bulkhead was glued onto another small section o' cardboard tubin' (the red section above t' clear bay). 

T' final component is an adapter for t' Lander (the small white tube at t' top, me hearties, just beneath t' Lander). Aye aye! Well, ya bilge rat, blow me down! Blimey! This was notched t' match t' Lander's legs and launch lugs. Ya scallywag! Blimey! A small piece o' t' telescopin' tubin' be glued in, and this assembly slid into t' fixed portion o' t' adapter. Arrr! Arrr! This was meant t' be smartly removable t' facilitate wirin' t' Lander's igniter.

Flight:
To prep t' altimeter, ya bilge rat, G-Wiz was mounted t' a section o' G10 that fit snugly into t' clear tube (a board from another application). Aye aye! It be inserted and t' upper cap was secured with 2 screws. Aye aye! T' igniter was inserted into t' Lander's motor and secured with maskin' tape. Well, blow me down! T' igniter leads were attached t' t' screw terminals, ya bilge rat, and continuity was visually confirmed at t' G-Wiz. Avast! T' lander used Estes waddin' and t' booster used a Giant Leap Keelhaul®©™ pad.

I have tried this three times, me bucko, but it only worked once. T' logs should appear at t' bottom o' this page. T' first time, t' Estes igniter (this had thin tail wires soldered t' it) lit but t' motor didn't go. Begad! Ya scallywag! It was still taped into t' motor at recovery. Aye aye! T' next time, shiver me timbers, ya bilge rat, t' home-made Igniterman igniter didn't fire. Arrr! T' igniter worked on t' ground later that day, I suspect t' problem was that t' G-Wiz never armed due t' t' slow acceleration under F20 power. Well, blow me down! Ahoy! O' course, I could have determined this by seein' if t' G-Wiz flashed out an altitude, me hearties, but DUH, I didn't. On t' third try, arrr, I used a Quickburst igniter. Aye aye! This time t' Lander staged, matey, matey, matey, but I had another minor problem. I had t' G-Wiz set t' detect launch rather than t' burnout o' t' booster, me bucko, ya bilge rat, so t' Lander took-off shortly after launch. Aye aye! It arced t' t' side, and t' booster, ya bilge rat, sans nose cone, arrr, continued up. Ya scallywag! Well, arrr, t' flight was fun and both pieces were recovered, so I shouldn't complain.

Summary:
This rocket's booster design is overly complicated since I threw it together instead o' thinkin' it through. Aye aye! However, me main goal be t' stage t' Lander, matey, and that finally worked. T' result was a unique rocket that got t' crowd's attention. Ahoy! This is also was t' biggest range o' thrust levels that I.ve seen in a staged rocket, with t' G motor's thrust bein' approximately 64x that o' t' A10 in t' Lander.