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I've searched and haven't found much out there.
I'm looking at doing a scratch build, converting the Apogee PNC-66A nose cone into a boat tail. Tail diameter will be whatever works with the Estes 24mm plastic motor retainer.
https://www.apogeerockets.com/Building_Supplies/Nose_Cones/Low_Mid_Power_Nose_Cones/PNC-66A_BT-80
Will need to do TTW fins, which means cutting slots. Lots of talk about how to cut slots in straight tube. Some discussion that would be relevant to much larger, heavier boat tail parts. Not so much on the smaller & lighter side, like going through styrene. Mostly just looking at how to mark them properly straight, and how to set up a cutting guide that will go straight and not parallax off to one side as the boat tail recedes from the tube diameter.
I'm looking at doing a scratch build, converting the Apogee PNC-66A nose cone into a boat tail. Tail diameter will be whatever works with the Estes 24mm plastic motor retainer.
https://www.apogeerockets.com/Building_Supplies/Nose_Cones/Low_Mid_Power_Nose_Cones/PNC-66A_BT-80
Will need to do TTW fins, which means cutting slots. Lots of talk about how to cut slots in straight tube. Some discussion that would be relevant to much larger, heavier boat tail parts. Not so much on the smaller & lighter side, like going through styrene. Mostly just looking at how to mark them properly straight, and how to set up a cutting guide that will go straight and not parallax off to one side as the boat tail recedes from the tube diameter.