lalligood
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OK, I have just received & opened the box to my new BSD Thor. Everything looks great & I plan on taking my time building this beast. I do have a few questions that i'd appreciate some advice on before I start though...
1) The booster tube is 34", the payload sections are 10" & 24", & both couplers are 6" each. I really would like to build this with a single baffle/zipperless design as described in the INFOCentral section of ROL. I'm planning on flying it initially with motor ejection & sometime down the road using electronics for dual deployment. What would be the best way to make sure that I have enough room for all of the electronics and chutes? And what would be the best arrangement of the payload sections for this to work with the zipperless design?
2) Another concern of mine is internal fin fillets. I've used (& am rather fond of) PML's expanding foam but with the split fin design--not to mention 3 centering rings--this isn't going to be (easily) possible. I'm thinking/hoping that the first few flights will be on some combination of Pro38 H153/I205 & Pro54 J210/J295. Any recommendations or is this a non-issue for this kit? (However, fiberglassing is a bridge I'm NOT ready to cross just yet...)
Everything else I feel pretty comfortable with & I've very please with the quality of their parts & instructions. Goodness knows I still might have other questions along the way... That's it for now & this should be quite a fun one to build! Thanks!
1) The booster tube is 34", the payload sections are 10" & 24", & both couplers are 6" each. I really would like to build this with a single baffle/zipperless design as described in the INFOCentral section of ROL. I'm planning on flying it initially with motor ejection & sometime down the road using electronics for dual deployment. What would be the best way to make sure that I have enough room for all of the electronics and chutes? And what would be the best arrangement of the payload sections for this to work with the zipperless design?
2) Another concern of mine is internal fin fillets. I've used (& am rather fond of) PML's expanding foam but with the split fin design--not to mention 3 centering rings--this isn't going to be (easily) possible. I'm thinking/hoping that the first few flights will be on some combination of Pro38 H153/I205 & Pro54 J210/J295. Any recommendations or is this a non-issue for this kit? (However, fiberglassing is a bridge I'm NOT ready to cross just yet...)
Everything else I feel pretty comfortable with & I've very please with the quality of their parts & instructions. Goodness knows I still might have other questions along the way... That's it for now & this should be quite a fun one to build! Thanks!