Kirk G
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OK, so on impulse, I picked up an Astron Skydart II on discount sale from a local vendor. I figured I'd have some fun with this Skill Level 3 kit as I assemble it at my leisure.
I've opened the package and discover the instructions are in three languages, with a minimal amount of description. There appear to be about 32 parts, not including a few multiple rings and washers that have me concerned.
Note: NONE of the parts, tubes, rings or washers are labeled by any part number, NOR ANY DIMENSIONS!
So, I'd like to ask for some help identifying which rings and tubes are which before I start assembling them. Can you confirm for me the COLORS of the following parts?
FIVE part "I" rings that appear to be metal washers.
Two part "G" green?
Two part "C" clear plastic rings?
One part "D" split ring in green
One part "FF" that appears to be a thicker fiber filler ring? in Green?
one part "F" that appears to be a normal ring, also in green?
one part "E" that may be a motor stop? in yellow?
There are four tubes of varying lengths included:
one tube "J" in natural tan as the main body tube? about 13" long
one tube "A" in white that is 12" long
one tube "K" in white that is 6" long (I am guessing that this tube is slit in half to form two shells on either side of the body tube?
one tube "X" in yellow that appears to be some sort of insert spacer only? about 2 3/4" long (70 mm long)
one tube "H " in white about 2" long (50 mm long)
one launch lug "L"
Any help in confirming that I'd identified these parts correctly before I begin would be helpful.
Thanks in advance!
EDIT: After posting this thread, five additional threads showed up as suggestions at the bottom of the thread, and at least one is a build thread that has helped tremendously in visualizing how this is going to go together. As a result, I think I'm good to go...however I can't delete this thread. So, thanks for reading it.
PS: I've also seen a few threads warning of problems and so I am forewarded about too much weight in glue or in paint. THANK YOU!
I've opened the package and discover the instructions are in three languages, with a minimal amount of description. There appear to be about 32 parts, not including a few multiple rings and washers that have me concerned.
Note: NONE of the parts, tubes, rings or washers are labeled by any part number, NOR ANY DIMENSIONS!
So, I'd like to ask for some help identifying which rings and tubes are which before I start assembling them. Can you confirm for me the COLORS of the following parts?
FIVE part "I" rings that appear to be metal washers.
Two part "G" green?
Two part "C" clear plastic rings?
One part "D" split ring in green
One part "FF" that appears to be a thicker fiber filler ring? in Green?
one part "F" that appears to be a normal ring, also in green?
one part "E" that may be a motor stop? in yellow?
There are four tubes of varying lengths included:
one tube "J" in natural tan as the main body tube? about 13" long
one tube "A" in white that is 12" long
one tube "K" in white that is 6" long (I am guessing that this tube is slit in half to form two shells on either side of the body tube?
one tube "X" in yellow that appears to be some sort of insert spacer only? about 2 3/4" long (70 mm long)
one tube "H " in white about 2" long (50 mm long)
one launch lug "L"
Any help in confirming that I'd identified these parts correctly before I begin would be helpful.
Thanks in advance!
EDIT: After posting this thread, five additional threads showed up as suggestions at the bottom of the thread, and at least one is a build thread that has helped tremendously in visualizing how this is going to go together. As a result, I think I'm good to go...however I can't delete this thread. So, thanks for reading it.
PS: I've also seen a few threads warning of problems and so I am forewarded about too much weight in glue or in paint. THANK YOU!