Hey guys,
Working on a rocket kit, it seams to have a defective/weak spot in the wrapping of the main body tube. It had a spiral buldge when I took it out of the package. Mabe it got stressed in shipping or handling. Already have the engine mount in. I'm thinking I'll just add a few tube couplers to reinforce it before I go any further with the build.
It's a 2 stage rocket from Estes, the Hyper-Bat.
It's one my bud sent me, so it didn't cost anything, and maybe why it didn't make it through Quality Control.
Would any of you use this method to reinforce the tube?
Or would doing the math and ordering a longer tube from Semroc and put a full liner in it be better? My only concern would be stability.
Since the fins are such a wierd shape, it would be hard to draw the fins in RockSim so I'm hoping the couplers will work.
I am not concerned with loosing altitude at all, I'll probably only use A's & B's to launch it so I can get it back
Thanks
Working on a rocket kit, it seams to have a defective/weak spot in the wrapping of the main body tube. It had a spiral buldge when I took it out of the package. Mabe it got stressed in shipping or handling. Already have the engine mount in. I'm thinking I'll just add a few tube couplers to reinforce it before I go any further with the build.
It's a 2 stage rocket from Estes, the Hyper-Bat.
It's one my bud sent me, so it didn't cost anything, and maybe why it didn't make it through Quality Control.
Would any of you use this method to reinforce the tube?
Or would doing the math and ordering a longer tube from Semroc and put a full liner in it be better? My only concern would be stability.
Since the fins are such a wierd shape, it would be hard to draw the fins in RockSim so I'm hoping the couplers will work.
I am not concerned with loosing altitude at all, I'll probably only use A's & B's to launch it so I can get it back
Thanks