That is extremely common practice.So I think using a hybrid approach of sandable/filler primer + CWF might be a great combination with certain body tubes to deal with both as efficiently as possible.
Yeah, I thought I saw him talking about using both before, but me being lazy, I hoped I could get satisfactory results with just one of the techniques.That is extremely common practice.
If you haven’t already done so I highly recommend reading @hcmbanjo ’s blog (http://modelrocketbuilding.blogspot.com/) where he show this process very clearly.
I hate sanding filler/primer but it is so darned effective that I usually just suck it up and deal with it.
Sometimes you can get by with only one. For my current build the tubes have very minimal grooves, so I'm just doing filler/primer without the CWF step. Some folks always just do it with the filler/primer, sometimes using several coats.Yeah, I thought I saw him talking about using both before, but me being lazy, I hoped I could get satisfactory results with just one of the techniques.
That's what I had been doing. But if I have to choose between 1 filler/primer coat and 1 application of CWF, or 3 primer/filler coats, I choose the former.Some folks always just do it with the filler/primer, sometimes using several coats.
Oh, wait! There are already pictures of the "Gnome-Hawk" Frankenrocket in this thread on TRF:I will take a picture of it when I get back into town and then post it here. It also has a Quest Big Rage payload bay on top, to give it a bit of a extra length for stability, IIRC. A true “Frankenrocket”.
Oh, wait! There are already pictures of the "Gnome-Hawk" Frankenrocket in this thread on TRF:
https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/tube-coupler-hack.172910/
Here are couple more I found on my phone:
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I should calarify. The Quest Big Rage "payload bay" is not the payload bay from the Big Rage. It is just an intact piece of pre-colored body tube from a crashed Quest Big Rage.
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