lcorinth
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A few rockets ago, I noticed the templates for centering rings was smaller than the tube I was using. I was trying to see how well I could cut my own rings, so I used a template I didn't need. Didn't turn out right... I figured I'd just set the inner diameter too small, and had rings anyway for the rocket I'd been building.
Last rocket I designed, once I got the fins on, I noticed they didn't look right. It was a two-stager, and when I checked it, the 3 fins were not evenly spaced out (I noticed because I saw that they only lined up in one way - Booster A - B - C lined up with Sustainer A - B - C, but if I twisted the booster around, the fins are suddenly not in alignment).
I just whipped up a little design and printed out the templates. Just to check, I put my ruler on the little scale that prints out... And the 1 inch on the page (and 1 centimeter) is smaller than an actual inch! By only a tiny bit, but still! This affects fin size (and potentially stability, if you're right at that 1 caliber line), and of course, fin marking guides...
What gives? Am I doing something wrong? Anyone else have this problem? Anybody know how to fix this?
Last rocket I designed, once I got the fins on, I noticed they didn't look right. It was a two-stager, and when I checked it, the 3 fins were not evenly spaced out (I noticed because I saw that they only lined up in one way - Booster A - B - C lined up with Sustainer A - B - C, but if I twisted the booster around, the fins are suddenly not in alignment).
I just whipped up a little design and printed out the templates. Just to check, I put my ruler on the little scale that prints out... And the 1 inch on the page (and 1 centimeter) is smaller than an actual inch! By only a tiny bit, but still! This affects fin size (and potentially stability, if you're right at that 1 caliber line), and of course, fin marking guides...
What gives? Am I doing something wrong? Anyone else have this problem? Anybody know how to fix this?