Scratch - Tea-Bird

Scratch - Tea-Bird Scratch

Scratch Tea-Bird By Jewel B. Butler Jr. (September 27, 2009)
Brief: This rocket is a replic of the great rocketeer Larry Brand designed called the Tea Bird. Got the idea off the EMRR web site. The rocket is a tube-fin stubby that flies really nice and is relatively cheap to build. I started with three container that my Sugar-Free KoolAid comes in, a Bt-80 nose cone fits perfectly as Mr Brand stated in the Tea Bird article. Got the balsa nose cone from ...
Scratch Tea-Bird By Larry Brand (May 14, 2008)
An all-plastic tubefin for 29mm motors. This tiny (15" tall) and extreme-stubby tubefin was inspired by a plastic container of Crystal Light instant iced tea packets I was looking at one day. Sitting next to it on the pantry was a 2.6" Estes Executioner my kids gave me for Fathers Day last year. I kept looking back and forth at that 2.6" Estes nose cone and the plastic Crystal Light container. ...