Friday, February 4, 2011

TIP: Champagne Flute Nose Cones Part 2

It's the fourth of February, you have ten days to pick up some of these from the Dollar Tree store before they remove them from the shelves on Valentines Day!

To see the first part of the cheap nose cone story click HERE

These nose cones are made from clear, red plastic champagne glasses. At $1.00 for two, these are big nose cones for $.50 each!

Now that I have two different 2" diameter body tubes to check the size, I found the Quest 50mm Body Tube to be a near perfect fit!
This nose cone shoulder is only slightly wider than the body tube.

Here's the Quest specs:
T502400 - 50mm diameter rocket body tube
50mm diameter rocket body tube, white outer wrap, 24 inches long.
SPECS: 1.92" ID x 1.97" OD x 24.0"

I just received a few ST-20 body tubes from Semroc to test fit with this nose cone.
Trust me, the diameter was too big!
The Semroc tube was: SPECS: 2.00" ID x 2.040" OD x 18.0"

Tomorrow's blog will show how to make the coupler and how to build up the shoulder to the proper inside diameter.

2 comments:

  1. Oh man, this is awesome! I've been looking for something like this for a different project, (not rocket related at all...). This is perfect, and I'm not sure I would have thought of it. Thank you!

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  2. You're welcome!
    II am curious what you are going to use them for - ?

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