Snoopy, The WWI Flying Ace - An Odd-Roc Scratch Build

Thought I'd take a crack at building a flying rocket that looks like Snoopy and his dog house. This would be Snoopy as the World War I flying ace, patrolling the skies.

The Dog House is built from 1/8" Basswood, and utilizes a figurine of Snoopy, complete with his googles and scarf.​

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Ordered the figurine, and assuming it's weight is accurate online, I plugged that into the Open Rocket Simulation. It's a pig... but, it's an odd-roc. The aero drag from the roof is also dramatic... but again, it's an odd-roc.​

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The Open Rocket Simulation isn't going to be accurate, but it's a starting point.​

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The body is based on BT-80... or maybe BT-300. I'll pick the one that works best once the figurine arrives.​

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Also features a large ring fin for stability.​

 

 2026-10-25 Preliminary Model and Drawing...

 

 2026-10-30 Picked Snoopy up today at the airport, flew in from China.

Scale Stuff: Paperwork said he was 5" tall, he's actually 4.163" tall. He weighs in at 85 grams.​

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I must say he's a real stand-up fella, made from a one piece Vinyl mold, solid as, well... PVC.​

 

 Proctology 101

Made some modifications to Snoopy to allow for adding a Ballast Tube and some Ballast. He's hollow and his head swivels... go figure.​

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Ya gotta be tough to be a WWI Flying Ace... those pre-flight physicals are rough...​

 

 2026-10-31 CAD Revision

 

Revised the CAD model to look more like Charles Schulz's version of a Dog House.... then updated the drawing.

 

Gluing Side / End Panel Stock

 

 

2026-11-01 Cutting and Gluing the Dog House Walls

 

 

 

 

 Plasma Interceptor... A Scratch Design / Build

Here's a rocket that borrows design features from @neil_w 's Plasma Dart and the Star Wars X-Wing Fighter.

It's based on a BT-80H Fin Can, and features a 36" Dia Rear Eject Motor Spool.

 

 

The Flying Wing: A Scratch Design / Build

A 29mm Powered Flying Wing utilizing a Rear Eject Spool 

 

 2026-10-11 Nose Cone

Turned the Nose Cone on my wood lathe from Pine, I glued a couple pieces of 2 X 4 together to make this.​

 

 Also cut the templates for the Wings

2026-10-12 Wings and Tubes

Cut, Sanded and routed the wings... Cut the BT/C-70 Tubes​

 

2026-10-13 ​ C-70 and Wings

Laid out and prepped the C-70 for the fins.​

Poked (70) 0.044 diameter holes through the C-70 for each fin.​

Then injected glue through those holes, wiped the excess glue from the coupler,​

and then glued the wings in place.​

 

 

​Wing Fillet Dowels

 

2026-10-14 Through Wall Gluing

 

Poked (120) 0.044 diameter holes through the C-70 tubes, adjacent to the 3/16" dia dowels. Then injected Gorilla Wood Glue through the holes, incorporated into the fillets. 

 

 

Titebond Quick and Thick Glue Fillets

 

I noticed the C-70 tube was oval, due to the shrinking of the tube due to the glue drying.

I installed the fixture I built that's used to make a C-60 tube oval, basically two wooden ramps. I used these to force the tube back into a round condition while the glue dries. The Nose Cone was insert also to use as a rounding fixture.

 

 

2026-10-15 Sanding C-70 i.d. and installing the BT-70H

Used my home made Bore Sander to smooth out the through the wall glue "rivets".​

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Cut the BT-70H, applied Gorilla Wood Glue onto the outside of the C-70 and Elmer's Glue -All White Glue to the snout of the C-70, and then slid it into place.​

 

After letting the glue set-up for a couple hours I started gluing the BT-70H to the Wing Dowels. The BT-70H was sanded at the glue joints.

 

2026-10-16 Nose Cone Ballast and Dowel

Cut the Steel Ballast, 1" Dia. x 1/2" Long, and the 1" Dia Pine Dowel. Then used Gorilla Wood Glue to secure everything.

 

 Tube Fins

Cut the BT/C60 Tube Fins using my Chop Saw. Scuffed the Tube Fins at the attachment locations using Sandpaper, then applied Gorilla Wood Glue to the Wings and placed the Tube Fins.​

 

 

 

2026-10-17 Nose Cone Gluing To BT/C-70

Applying Super Glue to the C-70 

 

2026-10-18 Wing Tip Install... Day 01 

 

 

2026-10-19 Wing Tip Dowels (Underside) 

 

 

 

2026-10-20 Wing Tip Dowel Mod's and Body Tube Mod's

Used my Dremel with a sanding drum and sanded down the dowels... then added some Titebond Quick and Thick.​

 

To make the top rear of the rocket look less like just a blunt BT-204 I decided to cut it at an angle, just like the lower half. Looks much better. The spool rear Centering Ring is inset 2", so this modification works with that configuration.​

 

2026-10-22 Spool

Cut the Centering Rings from 1/4" Plywood using a Fly Cutter. Then glued them to the BT-52HMF. After about 4 hours of glue drying I chucked the spool in the Wood Lathe and cut the O.D. of the Centering Rings for a slip fit into the BT/C-70H.​

 

 

 Schwing Test

Passed the swing test with "flying" colors. All up with a G74 fresh motor and 24" parachute.

 

 

Link To Video 

 

2026-10-23 Added the Altimeter Bay and Launch Lug

Used a piece of BT/C-50H for the Altimeter Tube, angle cut it on the Chop Saw, cut out a 5/8" wide longitudinal strip, punched a hole thru the tube and then glued it to the C-70H. Once the Gorilla Wood Glue set-up the BT-3 Launch Lug was installed.​

 

 

 

2026-10-29 CWF - Sand - CWF -...

Started applying CWF and Sanding. Photos shown are of the 2nd application. Just filling the Wingtips to Wing glue joints and some of the imperfections in the Plywood Fin Material.​ 

 

 

2026-10-20 Primer

Rustoleum Rusty Metal Primer.... a.k.a. Red Oxide​

2026-10-31 Camouflage Top Surfaces

Used some Rusto Army Green and just a bit of Gloss Black... easy peazy.​