Chap-Stick? PMC? MMX? YEP!

[jflis]

Well, our launch for today was rained out. We're hoping for tomorrow (CMASS launch in Tewksbury)...

Watching a ball game before going out fishing with Jennifer (that's another story... LOL) and I was looking at my chapstick on the table... on the table with it were a MMX motor tube and my razor knife...

Got to thinking...

Got to cutting...

Got to gluing...


...and ended up with this...

Will see what happens tomorrow...

 

[TeenRocketNerd]

hmmm looks like the newest addition to the Fliskits micromaxx collection great idea Jim, I guess a true rocketeers mind never turns off. 'hmm....HEY! That could fly!....'

 

[chanstevens]

Looks more like a flyer for those cold New England winter days. Maybe call it Frostbite? Susie?

--Chan Stevens

 

[lessgravity]

There you go! I saw a lifting body in a lemon bottle and now you see a Micromaxx in the Chapstick. Sometimes I think I could launch half the products in the kitchen or in the medicine cabinet!

 

[Rocketman248]

Leave it to Jim to come up with this one.

 

[jflis]

Well, **fortunately** we could never afford the license cost to produce a Chapstick rocket....

SO this one will forever stay one of my "scratchbuilts" (hence the forum I posted it in)

So there! LOL

I was real pleased with how it came out... I will also admit that I have already ripped the fins off of it once today...

...Seriously...

I'm watching the ball game and eating sunflower seeds when I realized that my lips were *real* dry... So I glance over, grab the chapstick, pull the lid off and *TWIST* the bottom.... *pop* - *pop* - *pop*

I was wondering why the top seemed to be teathered to the bottom there...

So I guess I did a real good job in keeping this thing looking like a chapstick... LOL

 

[jflis]

Originally posted by lessgravity
There you go! I saw a lifting body in a lemon bottle and now you see a Micromaxx in the Chapstick. Sometimes I think I could launch half the products in the kitchen or in the medicine cabinet!

I will admit that you *are* partially responsible for this thing...

 

[dbarrym]

that is... just...so...'out of the box'... that my sides are aching! Love it.

 

[Tucker5246]

Kyle an I were at the CMASS launch eariler today, Jim had a few goodies to try.

The Chap stick flight was awesome, stright boost to aprox. 100' nice close recovery! I will let Jim tell you all about the other new goodies he had.

 

[dixontj93060]

LOVE IT!

Now you just need one of those Chap-Stick girls to help you launch it...

-Tim

 

[jflis]

I was *very* pleased with how well the Chapstick rocket flew. Perfect boost, deployment at apogee and a nice soft landing, ready to go again.

I will be flying the *snot* out of this thing! LOL

You can check out a (very) short photo album of today's launch by clicking here.

 

[Micromeister]

Great Odd Roc Jim!
Micro's for and of everything