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Just about finished with my FlisKts Honest John and I have a quick question... The kit comes with about 2-feet of shock cord, but with the small size of the body tube on this kit I'm not sure it would all fit in there. Any suggestions on a good length?

Thanks
 
MrRob said:
Just about finished with my FlisKts Honest John and I have a quick question... The kit comes with about 2-feet of shock cord, but with the small size of the body tube on this kit I'm not sure it would all fit in there. Any suggestions on a good length?

Thanks
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It All fits!
In fact I replaced the provided 24" light line with 30" of 70lb braied Kevlar. it and a 1/2" x 12" Yellow PTFE (Teflon) Streamer/Wadding fit with room to spare.
DO NOT cut your shock-line any shorter. if you do it will not last very long and may cause some forward tube zippering.

MM 377_MM Honest John M31A1 1_80 Scale T3 (Fliskit)_04-28-11.JPG

MM 377Lp04a_80th Scale Honest John on Pad 4th Flt_11-16-13.jpg

MM 377Lp04b_80th Scale Honest John Liftoff_11-16-13.jpg
 
Thanks for the quick reply everyone! I will leave it as-is. Making myself a shock cord install tool as shown.
 

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