Streamer D Rocket Build, Part 5, ASP Streamer

I picked a 4" X 40" streamer from ASP.
This is thicker Mylar than what I am used to, it is 2 mils thick.
I didn't know if the folded streamer would even fit into the BT-5 body, I could always trim it down to a smaller 10 to 1 size ratio.

There is a piece of wire, used as a reinforcement "spine" where the Kevlar line is tied.

The streamer is marked for a tight accordion style fold. It has to fit into a 1/2" diameter BT-5 tube so the folds will be 3/8" wide.

After leaving some area clear for the Kevlar attachment, the streamer is marked with a fine point Sharpie at 3/8" increments.

Sharp folds are made at each 3/8" mark, one over and the next crease under making a zig-zag pattern.

I used the back end of a Sharpie for a good burnishing.

Here's how the streamer looked after seven or eight folds.
30 more inches to go!

At the end you leave 4 or 5 inches clear, not folded.
Set the wire down about 1/2" from the end. Fold the streamer end over the wire and tape closed.

Punch clean holes and tie on the Kevlar.

It wasn't very difficult to fold, hold and slide into the body tube.

The 4" X 40" length was too tight in the tube. I cut off about 6 inches and decreased the width down the entire streamer trying to keep it at the optimum 10 to 1 ratio.