Good Afternoon All;
To my naked eye the airfoil on the PS II Nike Smoke fins appears to be symmetrical, and if so, would there be any issues installing them 'wrong way round', with the trailing edge now the leading edge?
All that would be required would be to position the notched middle centering ring a bit further away from the end of the MMT (recall that the indexing slot in the fin is not centered along the length of the TTW portion).
Thinking about doing this because it would leave the longer portion of the TTW tab to the back side of the middle centering ring, where I could get at it and apply a larger fillet at the junctions with the MMT and the inside of the body tube before permanently installing the rear CR... Or are the additional bonds just excess weight, and double-buttering the bottoms of the fin tabs sufficient? For the sake of scale appearance I prefer to avoid external fillets if at all possible.
Thanks,
Dave
To my naked eye the airfoil on the PS II Nike Smoke fins appears to be symmetrical, and if so, would there be any issues installing them 'wrong way round', with the trailing edge now the leading edge?
All that would be required would be to position the notched middle centering ring a bit further away from the end of the MMT (recall that the indexing slot in the fin is not centered along the length of the TTW portion).
Thinking about doing this because it would leave the longer portion of the TTW tab to the back side of the middle centering ring, where I could get at it and apply a larger fillet at the junctions with the MMT and the inside of the body tube before permanently installing the rear CR... Or are the additional bonds just excess weight, and double-buttering the bottoms of the fin tabs sufficient? For the sake of scale appearance I prefer to avoid external fillets if at all possible.
Thanks,
Dave