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+# No Nukes
+
+## Motivation
+
+Bdale's wife Karen bought an air brush and asked for a rocket to paint.  Bdale
+scrounged the parts pile and threw this rocket together very quickly.  This is
+a simple single-deploy rocket for motor based ejection.
+
+## Design Details
+
+* 98mm [Giant Leap](http://giantleaprocketry.com) phenolic air frame
+* 38mm phenolic motor mount
+* 6-32 t-nuts for Kaplow clips
+* MadCow Rocketry [98mm nose cone](http://www.madcowrocketry.com/servlet/Detail?no=74), though we debated using the [Giant Leap](http://giantleaprocketry.com/) Pinnacle 98mm nose cone, which would also be a good choice
+* 1/4 inch birch plywood fins, upscaled from the LOC Lil Nuke
+* 3/8 inch birch plywood centering rings and bulkheads, CNC milled, the two 
+  that hold the fins are notched for perfect fin alignment.
+
+## Build
+
+Construction occurred during September 2009.
+
+## Publicity
+
+## Flights
+
+First flown at NCR's Oktoberfest 2009, on a Cesaroni Pro38 2-grain Imax
+motor.  This was my first use of a Pro38 grain spacer to fly this reload
+in my 3-grain case.  It was a beautiful flight, but the airframe acquired 
+a lengthy zipper at deployment.