Doggonewild
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Over four hundred people fed, done and done.
I'm almost ready to scrap this fin, as it is hard to deal with that CA and filler patch on that small gouge that happened during sanding so long ago. It's much harder than the surrounding balsa, and I made a couple other stupid errors because I was lazy. Now is not the time to be lazy. I've turned to my old friend, dope. I love the smell, it reminds me of my dad building a silkspan and balsa plane almost 45 years ago. It will add a little bit of strength to those shallow bevels, very little weight, and sands like nothing is there.
I painted it onto the sanded parts of the front bevel, and will apply it to the rear bevel as well. No pictures because you really can't see it. It is not easy making nice bevels in balsa, but with this rocket and the large forward fins, I just didn't think using anything else would be possible without adding more nose weight. The Guinea Pig fin is teaching me a lot anyway for the future. I'm in no hurry after all, the soonest I would possibly fly her would be September. I have plans to go to the WOOSH launch on the 8th and 9th. Do they allow E-F engines then if any WOOSH members are still following this?
I'm almost ready to scrap this fin, as it is hard to deal with that CA and filler patch on that small gouge that happened during sanding so long ago. It's much harder than the surrounding balsa, and I made a couple other stupid errors because I was lazy. Now is not the time to be lazy. I've turned to my old friend, dope. I love the smell, it reminds me of my dad building a silkspan and balsa plane almost 45 years ago. It will add a little bit of strength to those shallow bevels, very little weight, and sands like nothing is there.
I painted it onto the sanded parts of the front bevel, and will apply it to the rear bevel as well. No pictures because you really can't see it. It is not easy making nice bevels in balsa, but with this rocket and the large forward fins, I just didn't think using anything else would be possible without adding more nose weight. The Guinea Pig fin is teaching me a lot anyway for the future. I'm in no hurry after all, the soonest I would possibly fly her would be September. I have plans to go to the WOOSH launch on the 8th and 9th. Do they allow E-F engines then if any WOOSH members are still following this?