snrkl
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Firstly, let me say, when my LRV suggested g10 instead of ply, I should have listened. First mistake.
Deadpool flew perfectly on it’s second flight and the dual deploy worked exactly as it should have.
Only problem was, it found two cars on the road to the launch site as this was a public launch.
I joked on the way up to the road: “I hope that car didn’t damage my rocket!”...
It did... a sideways collision of the fincan with a parked car crunched the fin.
A hasty attempted field repair (second mistake) as I was keen to get it back in the race for my L2.. go fever sucks...
This rocket has internal epoxy fillets in all joints (4 internal fillets per fin), I don’t think I’ll EVER get the fin out to just replace it.
So here I sit, contemplating options:
Option 1: trim all 4 fins and refinish. I’ll be updating OR to see how this sims. Don’t like this option as I REALLY like the look of the “as built” fin shape.
Option 2: sand it back and assess the full damage. Look at cleaning up and gluing the fin, then glassing with 200gsm cloth. While I’m there, I might glass all four fins.
What are people’s thoughts?
Deadpool flew perfectly on it’s second flight and the dual deploy worked exactly as it should have.
Only problem was, it found two cars on the road to the launch site as this was a public launch.
I joked on the way up to the road: “I hope that car didn’t damage my rocket!”...
It did... a sideways collision of the fincan with a parked car crunched the fin.
A hasty attempted field repair (second mistake) as I was keen to get it back in the race for my L2.. go fever sucks...
This rocket has internal epoxy fillets in all joints (4 internal fillets per fin), I don’t think I’ll EVER get the fin out to just replace it.
So here I sit, contemplating options:
Option 1: trim all 4 fins and refinish. I’ll be updating OR to see how this sims. Don’t like this option as I REALLY like the look of the “as built” fin shape.
Option 2: sand it back and assess the full damage. Look at cleaning up and gluing the fin, then glassing with 200gsm cloth. While I’m there, I might glass all four fins.
What are people’s thoughts?