mccoy300
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You just won this thread.I would predict a stellar performance!
You just won this thread.
Anyway, it looks stable from here. Those fins are not that crazy, surprised Rocksim is even complaining.
Neat looking rocket. I hope those aft points are reinforced for landing somehow.
Fins are 1/8th ply, i should think it is sturdy enough. going to put this one up on the apogee medalist motors and see what happens.
Which direction do meteors generally travel? (Hint: not up. )The popularity of this thread is going to be meteoric.
Which direction do meteors generally travel? (Hint: not up. )
Now that you mention it, that is a weird, almost oxymoronic expression.You've never heard of a meteoric rise in popularity?
Now that you mention it, that is a weird, almost oxymoronic expression.
Sorry to the OP for the tangent this has undergone...
Sorry to the OP for the tangent this has undergone...
Appreciate the input. As they break I suppose best coa would be to sand to bare wood, fiberglass then refinish?
The only successful path to repairing broken ply fins is fiber-glassing over them.
I did try sanding and re-epoxying the break line, but it becomes a permanent week point and breaks at the spot of the repair.
I also tried cutting the fin off completely, making a new fin slot, and epoxying another fin right next to the broken one (I inner-fillet my HP rockets, so the root of the fin wont come out). That worked better, but produced an unbalanced booster, which was also not great.
Good luck with yours!
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