Wow! That looks great! Can you share how you made the tapered body tube?
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Making the X-FLR6 Quick & Dirty
Step 1 get a picture of the project
2) decide the motor diameter ( 24mm)
3) make an orthographic view on paper using the size of BT80, tapering to aft end and nosecone included.
4) select from available nose cones for the size of body tube you want. ( BT80)
5) mark the tube at 90 degrees around the BT the full length of the tube.
6) determine diameter from BT80 down to 24mm engine holder
7) subtract diam. Of engine centering ring (24mm) from diam. Of BT80.
8) divide that sum by 4 and that gives the amount of BT material that has to be removed at each the end quarters to create taper.
9) on each side of 4 fin center lines at aft end put marks with a pencil each side of centerlines ½ the total sum from line #8. Shade it for clairity.
10) at one body tube diameter from the forward end of the BT or (the length of the shoulder of the nosecone) mark all the way around the tube.
11) draw with a straight edge from either side of the shaded quarters at the aft end, to where the fin centerlines intersect the forward circumfrial mark. This forms a long taper that is to be removed .
12) using rubber bands, close and super glue the four taper cutouts, use kicker. This will form a crude tapered body tube.
13) soak the whole affair aft of the forward circumfrial mark with water. When it is softened stuff the BT with crumbled up paper towls to form it round.Wrap rubber bands around it and and let the BT dry.
14) sand the crude joints and cover BT with 3 oz. satin weave glass cloth and laminating Areopoxy from Giant Leap,
15) sand and fair BT with thick epoxy and some type of filler(I use 3M Microbaloons) , put fins on and e sand and paint