Kopernik Observatory holds and annual Rocket Festival as a fund raiser.
Normally they hold 3 sessions during the day. People come to build and fly a model rocket.
They typically have 3 levels of kits.
Last year they had to cancel due to Covid
This year they are trying to have a Hybrid approach. People got to pick up their kits several weeks in advance. Then they will have staged launches 5/22. Being outdoors plus not requiring the build time and maintaining social distancing should reduce the infection risks.......
Anyway, I put together a video for building a Loadstar II.
I did not try to go into "advance techniques", such as filling body tube spirals or papering fins. And I still owe them a final installment. But..........
If anyone is bored enough and has an hour to waste....
Checkout and critique my techniques....
Not going to try to upload the video itself - Multiple GB....
I sent the files as multiple segments from my iphone. The good folks at Kopernik stitched them together into this final form.
You can scroll to the time stamps for the various stages of assembly:
00:00 Introduction
01:26 Tools required
05:07 Sanding of balsa fins
09:49 Preparation of fin marking guide and tube marking
15:55 Motor Mount preparation
21:26 Red tube coupler preparation and fin gluing & placement
24:21 Motor Mount installation and launch lug preparation
29:29 Test fit of first and second stage, launch lug placement, nose cone preparation, and secondary gluing of the fins
42:04 Shock cord preparation and placement
44:53 Preparing for painting
47:06 Painting the primer coat
49:14 Post primer sanding
51:32 Final painting instruction and first coat
53:41 Second paint coat
55:27 Final paint coat