Ok, so I've been here for a number of years and have learned a lot from others' build threads. It's time to do one of my own.
The problem is it takes me a long time to build things - fitting it in between all the other important stuff in life, so this might take a while.
Anyway, I have been accumulating materials for this build for at least a year, and I am finally ready to get started. A few parts are still on the way, but at the rate that I build they'll be here in plenty of time.
So, to kick it off, here's the 75mm motor mount, 20 inches long, intended to handle a CTI 4GR 75mm, or the AT 54/2800 case.
I prefer to use carpenter's wood glue to bond the CRs to Blue Tube, following up with epoxy fillets.
Once the fin can is sealed up there's no opening it back up for repairs, so I decided to play it safe and use high temp JB Weld for the motor mount fillets.
You can also see the backing for the lower rail button mount, and the heavy Kevlar strap for the recovery harness, also bonded to the motor mount with JB Weld.
Because I'm a belt and suspenders kind of guy, I used two wraps of Kevlar tape with epoxy to help retain the recovery harness.
That's all for the first post. Next up: Slotting the body tube.
The problem is it takes me a long time to build things - fitting it in between all the other important stuff in life, so this might take a while.
Anyway, I have been accumulating materials for this build for at least a year, and I am finally ready to get started. A few parts are still on the way, but at the rate that I build they'll be here in plenty of time.
So, to kick it off, here's the 75mm motor mount, 20 inches long, intended to handle a CTI 4GR 75mm, or the AT 54/2800 case.
I prefer to use carpenter's wood glue to bond the CRs to Blue Tube, following up with epoxy fillets.
Once the fin can is sealed up there's no opening it back up for repairs, so I decided to play it safe and use high temp JB Weld for the motor mount fillets.
You can also see the backing for the lower rail button mount, and the heavy Kevlar strap for the recovery harness, also bonded to the motor mount with JB Weld.
Because I'm a belt and suspenders kind of guy, I used two wraps of Kevlar tape with epoxy to help retain the recovery harness.
That's all for the first post. Next up: Slotting the body tube.
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