BT-80 Bulkhead?

[Rocketboy89]

Does anyone know where i can find a BT-80 solid balsa bulkhead?

 

[Stefan_Jones]

Balsa Machining Service has them:

https://www.balsamachining.com/CONES.htm

They also sell bulkhead plates that fit into a BT-80 coupler. Unless you really need a solid balsa plug, a coupler and plate might be the way to go. You'd save money and weight.

 

[TeenRocketNerd]

if you're planning on attaching anything to the bulkhead, and are bent on making it out of balsa, make sure it is thick, or use basswood or light ply (I have a bad image of a shock cord eyelet inserted into a (thin) balsa bulkhead just pulling out or splitting the balsa. If it's not structural, then I suppose it's okay to go with thinner

 

[wwattles]

Fliskits uses just such a bulkhead, about 3/4" thick, if memory serves, in the Decaffeinator. It's at the front of the BT-80 motor housing tube, to act as a pressure container for the rear-ejection of the MMT.

WW

 

[Rocketboy89]

thanks guys