Saturday, January 7, 2012

Steve Kristal's Wrap Tutorial






Steve Kristal (Gus on YORF) recently did a great tutorial on how to apply the self-adhesive wrap in the new Falcon 9 kit being sold by SpaceX.

"Applying wraps to body tubes is fairly easy to do if you remember one guiding principle: Start from the middle, not from the edge!"

The picture tutorial is here:
http://forums.rocketshoppe.com/showthread.php?t=10456






For years, rocket instructions have had you draw a line down the body tube and start applying the wrap by placing one long edge down that line.
The problem is, the wrap doesn't always match up smoothly by the time you've gone around the tube!

Steve's method starts at the MIDDLE of the wrap and works out to the edges.
This is a smarter way to get a adhesive wrap on a body tube. Thanks Steve!

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