Carded MMX Estes Sky Writer Downscale

I drew and built this one today.

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MMX Skywriter PDF.

You can make one right along with this build thread.

This is a carded rocket, or a smaller rocket made from cardstock - specifically business card stock. When I worked at the printshop, most all business cards were printed on 110 lb. cardstock.

You'll need:
The PDF printed out on 67 or 110 lb. cardstock

(Better print two, that tube is hard to roll)

1/4" dowel for tube rolling and the nose cone

Cereal Box Cardboard

Patience - This thing is small!

First up, clear coat the printed PDF.

You can see I've masked the glue tab and the lowest white band where the fins will be glued. Clear coat doesn't help with adhesion but it will help keep the print clean.

I didn't include fin placement lines. With the tube diameter so small, any variance in the rolled diameter would affect the cruciform fin layout.