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For Christmas, my oldest son surprised me with a 5" Jart -- Alex called Tim, asking for help in what to get me. Tim asked him his budget, and gave him a great deal on the Jart.
It's been languishing long enough, Time To Start Building!
I'm building this mostly stock (sorry, Manny). My only modification will be to place a couple tubes in the coupler, where I can place a tracker and/or altimeter. I use LOC 38mm tubing for this, as it's lightweight, inexpensive, easy to cut, and works well for this task.
The first thing I did was cut a 1/4" plywood bulkhead to go in the upper end of the coupler. That gets epoxied in, and the tubes epoxied to that. The G10 bulkhead will be removable, and serves as the caps for the tube electronics tubes.
I've also marked the motor mount for where I want the centering rings, then placed rings of tape on it, to keep the rings from sliding out of position, while the epoxy cures. The tape will then be removed, later, and fillets applied on the bottom side.
After everything has been fitted, it's time to mix up a batch of snot, er, I mean epoxy -- using AeroPoxy construction adhesive, and it's about the consistency of snot....except on a warm day, in which case it liquifies to a molasses consistency.
Everything gets epoxied in place, with a plastic spoon used as a handy applicator, and time to let it sit and cure!
I've got the space heater going in the build room, to bring the temp up a bit. Tonight, I might be able to do a bit more.
-Kevin
It's been languishing long enough, Time To Start Building!
I'm building this mostly stock (sorry, Manny). My only modification will be to place a couple tubes in the coupler, where I can place a tracker and/or altimeter. I use LOC 38mm tubing for this, as it's lightweight, inexpensive, easy to cut, and works well for this task.
The first thing I did was cut a 1/4" plywood bulkhead to go in the upper end of the coupler. That gets epoxied in, and the tubes epoxied to that. The G10 bulkhead will be removable, and serves as the caps for the tube electronics tubes.
I've also marked the motor mount for where I want the centering rings, then placed rings of tape on it, to keep the rings from sliding out of position, while the epoxy cures. The tape will then be removed, later, and fillets applied on the bottom side.
After everything has been fitted, it's time to mix up a batch of snot, er, I mean epoxy -- using AeroPoxy construction adhesive, and it's about the consistency of snot....except on a warm day, in which case it liquifies to a molasses consistency.
Everything gets epoxied in place, with a plastic spoon used as a handy applicator, and time to let it sit and cure!
I've got the space heater going in the build room, to bring the temp up a bit. Tonight, I might be able to do a bit more.
-Kevin