This is one of several free 13mm (mini motor) versions of the odd shaped rocket creations offered for sale by Art Applewhite. To build your own Qubit, start by downloading the rocket pattern in .pdf format. The pattern and instructions fit on a single page.

Parts List

There's no real part list. All you need is a single sheet of 110 lb card stock to print out the pattern. To build the rocket, you'll need a hobby knife, metal ruler and some glue.

Construction

Once you have the Qubit pattern printed out, cut out the two pieces with a hobby knife. Use the metal ruler to guide your knife, to avoid cutting into the pattern. The instructions say to go over the solid lines with a ballpoint pen, to get a clean fold. I opted to use a hobby knife to gently score the solid lines.

Simply fold and glue as indicated in the instructions and you'll have a Qubit of your own ready for launch in a matter of minutes.

Finishing

As these model rockets have an interesting and different shape, they really don't need finishing. If you do want them to look less like paper rockets, any spray paint should work without a problem. The Qubit rocket seen in the image on the right was given a coat of gold spray paint.

Flight Data

The Qubit uses Estes A10-PT rocket motors only.

Launched a couple of these on the recommended motor and they really are fun to watch. They go up and you can tell the motor really wants to push them faster and higher but can't. They seem to make more noise than other mini motor launches too.

They always landed within 10-15 feet (maximum) from the launch pad and there was a mild breeze the day of the launch. Should work great on smaller fields too.