Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Estes Starship Nova #1371 Build, Part 25, Nose Cone Tie




UPGRADE: I showed this earlier, the tie down loop at the nose cone shoulder had a mold bubble in it. The plastic tie loop isn't very strong to begin with. I cut it off and made a stronger attachment.







A hole was drilled using a diamond file.
In the end I made it larger than what is pictured here. I had trouble feeding the shock cord through.


To make it easier to reach the shock cord a bend was put in the elastic.
It was fed through the hole and picked up with some narrow tweezers. It took a few tries to grab it.






A Duncan Uni-Knot was tied in the shock cord.

UPGRADE: A long elastic shock cord was used in place of the short rubber shock cord provided in the kit.

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