I decided that I wanted to build a rear ejection rocket, so I started at it.
Saw where someone had used tape on their Estes fin alignment jig in a earlier post here. Good idea. I did the same thing.
I noticed I was using the wrong nose cone from my design, so ignore the nose in the first pic.
Used 1/8" balsa and sanded down. Used Elmers filler.
Not sure where my primer and Bondo pics went. I had to fix some imperfections in the nose and wanted to smooth out the nose to body line as it was going to be glued permanently anyway. All of this is hand cut with an Xacto. It was a pain getting those CRs just right. My eyes aren't what they used to be and I have never had a real skilled hand when it comes to cutting anything straight or in a circle, but...that is what sand paper is for.
On the motor mount, I measured how much space I would need from the bottom cr to the middle cr to fit the 12" chute easily. This is a BT55 tube and I was surprised how easy everything went in there.
Saw where someone had used tape on their Estes fin alignment jig in a earlier post here. Good idea. I did the same thing.
I noticed I was using the wrong nose cone from my design, so ignore the nose in the first pic.
Used 1/8" balsa and sanded down. Used Elmers filler.
Not sure where my primer and Bondo pics went. I had to fix some imperfections in the nose and wanted to smooth out the nose to body line as it was going to be glued permanently anyway. All of this is hand cut with an Xacto. It was a pain getting those CRs just right. My eyes aren't what they used to be and I have never had a real skilled hand when it comes to cutting anything straight or in a circle, but...that is what sand paper is for.
On the motor mount, I measured how much space I would need from the bottom cr to the middle cr to fit the 12" chute easily. This is a BT55 tube and I was surprised how easy everything went in there.