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A while back I became aware of the Fliskits MPR/HPR Deuce 29. Being that my current 'thing' is clustering, well, you know... I had to have one. I have a built Deuces Wild. And a Diminutive Deuce. Such a great idea. I love the little guy
Being on the wrong side of 'rich', I sold some astronomy stuff and on Friday the 10th one long UPS box showed up. Alas I had to wait until today, the 13th, for the other box to show up.
So lets drive in to the parts.
The bad.
So here are the parts
The fins are covered with what to me seems to be vinyl transfer tape. I assume it's to protect them from the cutting process.
The screw eye is HUGE!
So the spirals are filled with bondo and sanded.
Next up, completely deviate from the plan and cut the body tube to add a payload section. There is plenty of room for a chute, and I only need 6 or 7 inches (15 to 18cm) of space to add any Eggtimer altimeter. I do dual deployment using cable cutters. I am not gonna not add that. It won't change the length. And it might lessen a tenee tiny bit of nose weight it needed.
Jazzed! Onward!
Being on the wrong side of 'rich', I sold some astronomy stuff and on Friday the 10th one long UPS box showed up. Alas I had to wait until today, the 13th, for the other box to show up.
So lets drive in to the parts.
The bad.
- The instructions are ink jet printed. Nothing like the Fliskits instructions of the past which were professional layouts and drawings. The text and images are less than good. The images are tiny and low resolution. Many are incomprehensible. But who cares right! Who needs instructions? RIGHT! Onward!
- The body tube was creased. The box it came in was fine. I do not think it happened during shipping. I could be wrong tho.
- I contacted Fliskits and they responded in one day. They'll replace it, or give me credit. Since I already replaced it from my 'stash' I am hoping for a credit on a Tres.
- I got another chute I did not need. No option to buy without one. But then I did not ask.
- The nose cone fits the creased tube perfect. The one from my stash is a tad loose. The nose cone is nice. The two other 3D parts are... well... 3D parts. Test fitting shows I'll have to do some minor fitting work, which the instructions do say might be needed.
- The instructions came with the tube. Which came before the rest of the parts. So I was expecting two estes 29mm motor retainers as show in the instructions. But never actually mentioned in the instructions. Slight disappointment there for a $110 kit.
So here are the parts
The fins are covered with what to me seems to be vinyl transfer tape. I assume it's to protect them from the cutting process.
The screw eye is HUGE!
So the spirals are filled with bondo and sanded.
Next up, completely deviate from the plan and cut the body tube to add a payload section. There is plenty of room for a chute, and I only need 6 or 7 inches (15 to 18cm) of space to add any Eggtimer altimeter. I do dual deployment using cable cutters. I am not gonna not add that. It won't change the length. And it might lessen a tenee tiny bit of nose weight it needed.
Jazzed! Onward!