JimJarvis50
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The next piece of the booster is an air frame section that slides over the top of the motor. The motor gets retained at the top of this section, and the the other functions are to keep the spinning fin can in place and to hold the rail guides. With everything assembled, the fins section spins (note blurred fins!). The upper air frame section for this first stage just slides over the top of the air frame section.
What I need to do to complete this section is to do the fillets and tip to tip carbon on the fins, add a key of some sort to the fin can so that it can't spin while the rocket is on the rail, and I suppose I should paint everything black to match the rest of the rocket.
This isn't a very pretty booster, but I think it is going to work just fine.
Jim
The next piece of the booster is an air frame section that slides over the top of the motor. The motor gets retained at the top of this section, and the the other functions are to keep the spinning fin can in place and to hold the rail guides. With everything assembled, the fins section spins (note blurred fins!). The upper air frame section for this first stage just slides over the top of the air frame section.
What I need to do to complete this section is to do the fillets and tip to tip carbon on the fins, add a key of some sort to the fin can so that it can't spin while the rocket is on the rail, and I suppose I should paint everything black to match the rest of the rocket.
This isn't a very pretty booster, but I think it is going to work just fine.
Jim