Custom Solar Explorer Build Part 7 Nose Cone

Sorry, no posts tomorrow. I'll be in transit going back to Orlando from a cruise.

The nose cone base was slightly wider than the BT-50 tube diameter.

It was sanded down while in a scrap piece of BT-50.

You can see the slight molding recess in the plastic near the base of the nose cone.

After sanding to shape with 220 grit, 400 grit was used to smooth it all out.

There was some small dips in the plastic.
A small drop of medium CA glue was set in the recesses.
Let it totally dry, a drop of CA could take 15 minutes.

Sand again with 220 then 400.

I won't go into detail about the parachute assembly.
One interesting thing were the tape disks.
There was a small addendum to the instructions showing the new tape disks.

These are big disks, 3/4" in diameter.
In the older instructions, the disks were stuck over the shroud line, old style.
Now the disks have the center hole. You are instructed punch a hole and tie the shroud lines onto the parachute.