John:
did you ever Finish the micro Vulcan?
has it flown yet?
did you ever Finish the micro Vulcan?
has it flown yet?
John:
did you ever Finish the micro Vulcan?
has it flown yet?
Looks good. let us know how she flies
For noseweight, the plans described dropping a few small pieces of lead shot into a cavity in the nose cone. Not having any shot or a hollow nose cone, I devised another plan. I used a 12mm brass screw to drive a hole in the back end of the cone. I then backed the screw out and filled the hole with white glue. The screw was then driven almost all the way back in. A long piece of Kevlar thread was then tied around the base of the screw and some more glue was applied to fix it in place. The excess was then cut away.
JAL3 你的手工不错哦!!!
OH man;
what nose weight did you use and how far forward in the NC did it sit?
the reason I ask; I use #9 lead shot for nose weight as it packs very tightly in exceedingly small spaces. is allow the mass to be concentrated prehaps a bit further forward then some other materials. That might explain the need for a bit more in your model?
As a side note; I've started hollowing out just about all my balsa and basswood turned nosecone so I can push any needed noseweight mass as far forward as possible. this means I have to add a kevlar loop NC attachment in the mix but that has proven to make changing cones or recovery methods a bit easier.
Hope this note gives some alternatives.
I have to admit I didn't use any of the lead shot. I counted out however many were in the plan and then compared it to the brass screw I inserted in the NC. The screw won so I thought it would be plenty. I guess I thought wrong.
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