Hi All,
After 20 years and 4 kids, I am finally ready to take the plunge and get started in rockets again. Of course, the three older ones all yell "Mee Tooooo!", so I picked up a Level 1 kit for each of them, and I splurged for a Quest Harpoon. Figured I'd be able to ram this one together without much problem, since I was making Level 3s when I was younger.
Yeah, and last night I was checking my son's Baby B, and behold, the fins were misaligned (Yup, I glued them on myself!). Had one fin off vertical by about 5 degrees, and another one was off centerline about 3/16th of an inch. Should take off in a nice circular pattern now. At least he was cool with it, 'cause he wants to paint it up really bad.
But that got me thinking. I've got 12 fins to put on the Harpoon, and that makes me 3 times more likely to get a misalignment on my rocket. With my incredible skill, I am guessing I need some help.
Does anyone have a good (and cheap) way of aligning up the fins? Eyeball method, as I am seeing, isn't going to cut it anymore. So I put a halt on getting my rocket together before I make a mess of it, and get some input on how to do things.
Jim
P.S. If anyone in Boise wants to come out and cheer us on, we'll be at Milwaukee Park about 11:30, weather and activities permitting. If you want to join in, bring your stuff!
After 20 years and 4 kids, I am finally ready to take the plunge and get started in rockets again. Of course, the three older ones all yell "Mee Tooooo!", so I picked up a Level 1 kit for each of them, and I splurged for a Quest Harpoon. Figured I'd be able to ram this one together without much problem, since I was making Level 3s when I was younger.
Yeah, and last night I was checking my son's Baby B, and behold, the fins were misaligned (Yup, I glued them on myself!). Had one fin off vertical by about 5 degrees, and another one was off centerline about 3/16th of an inch. Should take off in a nice circular pattern now. At least he was cool with it, 'cause he wants to paint it up really bad.
But that got me thinking. I've got 12 fins to put on the Harpoon, and that makes me 3 times more likely to get a misalignment on my rocket. With my incredible skill, I am guessing I need some help.
Does anyone have a good (and cheap) way of aligning up the fins? Eyeball method, as I am seeing, isn't going to cut it anymore. So I put a halt on getting my rocket together before I make a mess of it, and get some input on how to do things.
Jim
P.S. If anyone in Boise wants to come out and cheer us on, we'll be at Milwaukee Park about 11:30, weather and activities permitting. If you want to join in, bring your stuff!