Sunday, July 8, 2012

Estes Thor Agena B Build Part 43 Nozzle Details

The V shaped turbine wire was too long to fit like the illustration.
The sides were cut to 1 3/16" long as the instructions directed.

But, to fit down the back of the turbine exhaust I had to cut the sides down to 3/4" long.

EDIT: Apparently, the instructions measurement should have been 13/16". In the Estes instructions there was a space between the 1 and the 3 in the copy. 



It might have been just me and this model, who knows? All models will have different fitting parts.

The V shaped wire was set in place and white glue fillets were transferred with a toothpick tip.
Note I used white glue. Those small blobs of glue will shrink and be clear after drying.

2 comments:

  1. I'll bet the instructions were printed wrong and the length of the wire was supposed to be 13/16".

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  2. Hi Rob,
    You are probably right, that could have been a misprint. 13/16" is really close to the final 3/4" long wire height I ended up using.

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