Shade
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To help in teaching my annual rocketry class. I thought of building a
transparent rocket. I am sure this has been done before. It should help
in teaching building techniques.
Reference:
https://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?t=11693
Since I was placing an order with Semroc I tossed on the order Clear air
frame (body tube), engine mount and nose cone. I am using 3 of the left
over balsa fins from my Saturn IB build, after a little trimming.
If I do launch it, I will insert a peice of paper curled inside the airframe to
protect the plastic from the clay cap, burning BP and hot ejection gases.
Before glueing the fin on I taped off the area with painters tape and roughed
up the surface with sand paper.
I drilled holes through the air frame and injected glue to fix the engine mount.
I did not want smeared glue to be able to be seen. I am thinking of glueing
some addtional "rivets" (clipped straight pins) in to the CR's also to help hold
the engine mount in place.
transparent rocket. I am sure this has been done before. It should help
in teaching building techniques.
Reference:
https://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?t=11693
Since I was placing an order with Semroc I tossed on the order Clear air
frame (body tube), engine mount and nose cone. I am using 3 of the left
over balsa fins from my Saturn IB build, after a little trimming.
If I do launch it, I will insert a peice of paper curled inside the airframe to
protect the plastic from the clay cap, burning BP and hot ejection gases.
Before glueing the fin on I taped off the area with painters tape and roughed
up the surface with sand paper.
I drilled holes through the air frame and injected glue to fix the engine mount.
I did not want smeared glue to be able to be seen. I am thinking of glueing
some addtional "rivets" (clipped straight pins) in to the CR's also to help hold
the engine mount in place.