Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Quest Cobalt Build Part 6 Step 12 Nose Cone Fix?

After reading a few forum comments, it seems there is very little room for wadding and the streamer.
With the nose cone in place, the base of the shoulder is right on top of the engine block!
I'll try to store the streamer inside the nose cone and pack it so the shock cord would pull it out at ejection.

The side of the nose cone shoulder was cut off with a razor saw. I kept most of the support around the shock cord mount loop.

  
I ended up making the vertical cut at an angle to allow and easier pull out of the the streamer.

Notice the corners are rounded.
This makes a stronger, cleaner cut with less chance of tearing.
Sometimes the plastic on a blow molded nose cone can be thin.

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