The shock cord mount is a small piece of card stock, a variation of tying the shock cord to a body tube segment. It is glued 1 1/2" from the top edge of the tube.
The supplied card stock seemed too small.
The piece of tape on the tweezers is 1 1/2" depth gauge. There is 1 1/2" from the top of the mount to the tape.
Glue was applied to the back and the mount set in the tube up to the tape piece.
Press the mount in place with your finger.
You can also use your finger to place some glue under the bottom edges of the mount.
Here, my ring finger is feeling for the bottom of the mount. Remember that position on your finger.
Apply a line of glue where you felt the bottom edge of the mount.
Slide your finger back in the tube without letting any glue touch the tube sides until you get to the bottom edge of the mount.
Roll the glue in place and remove the excess.
What? No Kevlar?
ReplyDeleteHi Lonnie,
DeleteNope, no Kevlar on this one. The body tube diameter was wide enough that I didn't think this would block the parachute ejection. Sometimes I go new-old school on these older kits.
Using a short half round segment of body tube for shock cord attachment was still better (and flatter) than the Estes Tri-fold.
Hmm...[strokes goatee in deep thought].
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