Saturday, May 24, 2014

Estes Python 4 Build, Part 10, Conduit Fix and Strake Gluing




As careful as I tried to be, there was still some glue stick on the outside surface of the conduit.
The card stock is glossy so I was able to wipe off the glue with a barely damp paper towel.

There was only one conduit corner lifting.
When using a glue stick try to get an glue overall coat, especially on the sides and corners.

A small amount of glue was scraped off the top of the glue stick.
The glue was applied under the conduit.
The lifted corner was burnished down.


The middle strake fins were dry fitted.
The trailing edge wasn't parallel with the large fin leading edge (inset).

The trailing edges of all four strake fins was sanded until it was square with the large fin.




The sanding took the edge down to the balsa and had to be refilled.







For a spacing guide, two pieces of 3/32" balsa were glued together.
This helped keep the space between the two fins consistent.

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