foose4string
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I'm currently working on In Flight's Mach10 clone. True to the original instructions, the In Flight instructions have you mount the forward edge of the canopy 1/4 inch from the front edge of the tube. This seemed further forward than what I thought I had remembered seeing, so I checked the catalog pics to make sure I wasn't imagining things. I know drawing and camera perspective can play tricks on the eyes, but is it just me, or does the canopy look like it sits farther back than 1/4 inch?
https://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/catalogs/centuri71d/71dcen44.html
https://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/nostalgia/73cen032.html
https://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/catalogs/centuri75/75cen6.html
If I were to guess, I'd say the canopy was closer to 1/2 to 3/4 inch from the front. In later catalog photos, it is exaggerated even more ...perhaps as much as an inch or more?
I know the canopy placement probably isn't critical and just an aesthetic thing, but what is everyone else's take on this?
https://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/catalogs/centuri71d/71dcen44.html
https://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/nostalgia/73cen032.html
https://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/catalogs/centuri75/75cen6.html
If I were to guess, I'd say the canopy was closer to 1/2 to 3/4 inch from the front. In later catalog photos, it is exaggerated even more ...perhaps as much as an inch or more?
I know the canopy placement probably isn't critical and just an aesthetic thing, but what is everyone else's take on this?