Todderbert
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I bought one of the Sprint XLs from the Estes sale page. When it arrived I noticed the entire length of the tube is out of round, more of a slight oval shape. I think the model's bag was too tight and pressed on the tube since the day it was packaged. I contacted Estes and they said they would send a new BT. Has anyone fixed an issue with an oval body tube before? I thought about it and the fin section would be round after the motor mount was fitted in, and the top where the nose cone attaches would be ok, but the center to top mid section still would have this slight oval to it. Would adding a baffle be a good choice here if I was trying to salvage this tube? again its a slight oval across the length of the tube. I think it would fly straight, but not sure how it would look after being painted, would you notice the out of round areas?
I also thought about cutting a section of this oval tube and making a mini payload bay with it, I could use the coupler to help straighten it out. Ideas?
I also thought about cutting a section of this oval tube and making a mini payload bay with it, I could use the coupler to help straighten it out. Ideas?