Motor Retention on a Minimal Diameter Design: External Motor Hook

[lakeroadster]

I saw this and wanted to share the idea with the TRF members.

Randy Jarvie over on the Estes Facebook page posted this photo with the comment:

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"Use a cloth band-aid and coat with thin CA as shown on this hook retainer."​

 

[neil_w]

And then finish with...

???

(kind of hides what he did with the band-aid)

 

[lakeroadster]

And then finish with...
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???

(kind of hides what he did with the band-aid)

Stone'd rockets... also something I wasn't aware of.

 

[kuririn]

Good idea.
I've seen mylar bands, cardstock strips, tyvek, and even gauze.
But never a band aid soaked in CA.
Plus the stone paint is very clever, hides the hook and retainer.
So does the stoned rocket power prang and burn a field of grass?
Nyuk, nyuk.

 

[lakeroadster]

Nyuk, nyuk.

 

[teepot]

I did a rocket with the stone look paint. I call it "Stoney Rock It".

 

[kyle]

Maybe it's one of these:

https://www.google.com/url?q=[URL]h...kQFnoECAwQAg&usg=AOvVaw26fP1zyGvKTD_KmB1woNpq[/URL]

 

[boomtube-mk2]

Those of us in the model trains hobby have known about and been using, that "Stone Paint" for many a year.

 

[jqavins]

If a cloth bandaid works, why not any woven cloth ribbon?

I've seen mylar bands, cardstock strips, tyvek, and even gauze.
But never a band aid soaked in CA.

Gauze or a strip of rag, I would think, would be just as good as a bandaid, or better since it won't have the bulge created by the pad in the middle. Or does the pad serve some purpose?

So does the stoned rocket power prang and burn a field of grass?

Only after flying on a J420.