Friday, April 12, 2013

Quest X-30 Aerospace Plane Part 4, Engine Mount


The exposed yellow engine mount tube got a coat of medium CA glue.
This will prevent de-lamination when the tape holding the engine is removed.

Let it dry and sand smooth with 400 grit.
A line is drawn down the entire length of the internal tube.

The drawn lines on the bulkheads go on this line and all joints get fillets.

The inset picture shows my engineers square making sure the large bulkheads are at 90 degrees to the long body tube.

The fins are removed from the die-cut balsa sheets.

The hold down tabs are pretty wide. You'll need a sharp knife for this, they would never punch out from the sheet.

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