My daughter has a t-shirt that reads: "Procrastinators Are The Leaders of Tomorrow!"
So I have owned the DX3 Massive, here-by to be referred to as DX3-M, for about 3-years now, and I work on it a little bit at a time and as such make very little progress... You see, my rocket enthusiasim went from 9 to 11-months all rocketry and 1 to 3-months focused elsewhere, to the polar opposite of 1 to 3-months all rocketry, and 9 to 11-months focused elsewhere. So when my focus is on rocketry, I try to get as much work done on the DX3-M as possible.
The DX3-M was to be my one and done. No more rockets of every color, size and or type, but a simple HUGE 3FNC rocket to focus on. To that goal, the motor of choice was also a one-n-done, and that is the Contrail 98mm motor system.
The problem (?) Well, the couplers... they just do not fit!! And that is my Massive headache. I have sanded all three couplers, and managed to finally get two to fit, but the e-bay coupler (w/ switch band) is a no go in any of the tubes. I have used the heck out of my 1/3 sheet sander (120-grit) and my dependable Mouse sander (80-grit) and its as if the airframes or the coupler are out of round!!! I would take a Sharpie marker and write the letter "C" all over the coupler, let it sink in and dry, then sand until the letters were gone... test fit and repeat.
I am writing this mainly to vent my frustrations, as there are no options for an easy resolution to this problem... sanding on the coupler for and hour and a half straight, apparently just is not long enough... but sanding ultimately is my only course of action... Had I not procratinated for so long, I might have asked MadCow for replacement couplers.
That is all, now back outside to load new sheets on my sanders and remark the coupler with the letter "C"
Why the letter "C" you ask? Well, should I lose my rocketry focus again, then the letter "C" would remind me that this was a coupler tube, and I need to get back to sanding. Fear not, I aim to get this coupler sanded to fit today!!!
So I have owned the DX3 Massive, here-by to be referred to as DX3-M, for about 3-years now, and I work on it a little bit at a time and as such make very little progress... You see, my rocket enthusiasim went from 9 to 11-months all rocketry and 1 to 3-months focused elsewhere, to the polar opposite of 1 to 3-months all rocketry, and 9 to 11-months focused elsewhere. So when my focus is on rocketry, I try to get as much work done on the DX3-M as possible.
The DX3-M was to be my one and done. No more rockets of every color, size and or type, but a simple HUGE 3FNC rocket to focus on. To that goal, the motor of choice was also a one-n-done, and that is the Contrail 98mm motor system.
The problem (?) Well, the couplers... they just do not fit!! And that is my Massive headache. I have sanded all three couplers, and managed to finally get two to fit, but the e-bay coupler (w/ switch band) is a no go in any of the tubes. I have used the heck out of my 1/3 sheet sander (120-grit) and my dependable Mouse sander (80-grit) and its as if the airframes or the coupler are out of round!!! I would take a Sharpie marker and write the letter "C" all over the coupler, let it sink in and dry, then sand until the letters were gone... test fit and repeat.
I am writing this mainly to vent my frustrations, as there are no options for an easy resolution to this problem... sanding on the coupler for and hour and a half straight, apparently just is not long enough... but sanding ultimately is my only course of action... Had I not procratinated for so long, I might have asked MadCow for replacement couplers.
That is all, now back outside to load new sheets on my sanders and remark the coupler with the letter "C"
Why the letter "C" you ask? Well, should I lose my rocketry focus again, then the letter "C" would remind me that this was a coupler tube, and I need to get back to sanding. Fear not, I aim to get this coupler sanded to fit today!!!