SPECS:    
	Length: 35"   
	Diameter: 1.64"
	Weight: 5 oz
	Engines: C11-3 (first flight), D12-5, E9-4, E9-6
	Parachute: 18"



Features
	C, D, or E Engines
	Flies to 1225 feet!
	Added home-made ejection baffle
	Used Gorilla wood and super glue for most all construction

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Photos

 
Packaging:

 

 
24mm engine mount: (only "Elmers" glue on the rocket)

 

 
BT-60 Ejection baffle construction (and my new toy!) Gorilla glue from here on out:

 

 
Baffle glued in w (40#?) Kevlar line and anti-zippering built in - hopefully :

 

 
Engine glued in. Ejection baffle replaces the red coupler.
Coupling tubes now, so I can roll the tubes across the counter top as they dry.
This should provide the straightest joint? :

 

 
"Let the cutting begin!" :

 

 
I used A-lot of super glue! :

 

 
Filling in the grains:

 

 

 

 

 

 
Taped on first, then applied gorilla glue:

 

 
4.2 oz before Krylon primer: (grams would be more accurate than tenths of oz tho?)

 

 
Primer and (lots of) wood filler:

 

 
5.2 oz (150 g) painted; Rustoleum #1996 Apple red, Krylon #1606 Pewter gray, gloss white:

 

 
Ready for the water slide-on decals:

 

 
Grains and decals:

 

 
Must have gotten a first batch QCC Explorer - 8 lefties!:

I just flip them over and used them anyways! They actually went on better, because I knew what I was doing!!
 

 
5.6 oz (159 g) finished w 3 coats of Minwax polycrylic gloss (no chute, engine):

 

 

 

 

 

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Launches

 
Oct 18, 2013
D12-5 Engine - Maiden flight
5 MPH winds
Bus Park (Farmington)
 

 

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April 4, 2014
E9-4 Engine! First one ever!
10 MPH winds
Bus Park (Farmington)
 

 
1140 feet high and 171 MPH top speed!

 

 

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Updated April 4, 2014
 
Huxley@xmission.com