Kirk G
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I've assembled a dozen or so rockets now, and some have two fins and pods.... some have four fins.... and a few have just three.
I have gotten in the habit of gluing on the fin while the body tube lays flat on an up-ended egg carton. As long as the fin stays vertical (like a shark's fin) as it's drying, it seems to work well.
However, these three-fins rockets are giving me fits. I can get two of the three fins to be pretty evenly spaced, but the third fin always seems to be unequally angled. That is, it's never a perfect 120-120-120 degree separation around the body. I'm using the body tube marking guide that comes printed on the instruction sheet... but it still doesn't go right for me.
Any suggestions?
I have gotten in the habit of gluing on the fin while the body tube lays flat on an up-ended egg carton. As long as the fin stays vertical (like a shark's fin) as it's drying, it seems to work well.
However, these three-fins rockets are giving me fits. I can get two of the three fins to be pretty evenly spaced, but the third fin always seems to be unequally angled. That is, it's never a perfect 120-120-120 degree separation around the body. I'm using the body tube marking guide that comes printed on the instruction sheet... but it still doesn't go right for me.
Any suggestions?