Pull_and_Twist
Weekend Rocketeer
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- Jul 11, 2015
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Hello everyone.
I'm a new member on the forums (even though i've lurked around for awhile) and have just recently moved up to the MPR field. So this is not only my first thread post, and my first build thread, but also my first time building a rocket intended for a motor above a E. Therefore I plan on doing a pretty straightforward build... with the exception of turning the coupler into a baffle.
So lets get started...
DAY 1:
Inventoried all my parts and started assembling my motor mount.
I sanded down the motor mount to remove all the shininess and dry fitted all the centering rings. I'm only going to glue the forward and centering rings on for now so that I can epoxy the fins to the motor mount later on in the build.
I pretty much followed the instructions here (with the exception of not adding glue to the aft ring) and used Titebond II woodglue to attach the rings to the motor tube.
I didn't get a picture of it, but once the woodglue had dried, i reinforced the the rings with epoxy fillets on both sides of forward ring and the forward facing side of the center ring (didn't do the opposite side of the center ring as I didn't want it to affect the fin installation.)
I'm a new member on the forums (even though i've lurked around for awhile) and have just recently moved up to the MPR field. So this is not only my first thread post, and my first build thread, but also my first time building a rocket intended for a motor above a E. Therefore I plan on doing a pretty straightforward build... with the exception of turning the coupler into a baffle.
So lets get started...
DAY 1:
Inventoried all my parts and started assembling my motor mount.
I sanded down the motor mount to remove all the shininess and dry fitted all the centering rings. I'm only going to glue the forward and centering rings on for now so that I can epoxy the fins to the motor mount later on in the build.
I pretty much followed the instructions here (with the exception of not adding glue to the aft ring) and used Titebond II woodglue to attach the rings to the motor tube.
I didn't get a picture of it, but once the woodglue had dried, i reinforced the the rings with epoxy fillets on both sides of forward ring and the forward facing side of the center ring (didn't do the opposite side of the center ring as I didn't want it to affect the fin installation.)