In Step 7, the instructions have you:"Cut a 1/4" hole in one of the RA-2060 spacer rings in the position shown in figure 7B."
Huh? That's a little vague.
I punched a smaller 3/16" hole that would give a better fit of the 1/8" diameter lug.
Line up the two upper shrouds around the RA-2060 ring. The upper picture shows a dry fit.
Mark the edges of the long launch lug with a pencil. You want loose pencil lead on the edge for a transfer line.
Push the marked end of the lug into the upper shroud hole until it hits the RA-2060 ring.
Be sure the lug is set parallel to the body tube. Turn the lug, drawing a graphite circle onto the 2060 ring. Remove the lug.
Remove the shrouds and you should have a small drawn circle on the 2060 ring.
This is the position for the hole punch and lug hole.
Hey Chris, I don't know if there's a problem with my browser, but this step shows up on your blog page three times.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lonnie,
ReplyDeleteWho knows why this happened! I've deleted the duplicate posts.
This is why I preferred the Mars Snooper II - no holes in the shrouds, the launch lugs were glued to the fin and cunard (which was below rather than above the tube adapter) clear of the shrouds
ReplyDeleteHi Phillip,
ReplyDeleteThe Mars Snooper II was probably redesigned to make things like the lug placement easier.
The original Mars Snooper was another model I wanted to build when I was in my teens and never got around to it until now.