Sunday, April 26, 2020

Estes Orange Bullet #7295, Part 2, Fin Fairings


The original fairings were called "Body Ribs". I don't know why they were part of the design, maybe to keep the nose cone on at ejection. The nose cone shoulder was short!



The fairings have a taper at the front.
The pictures show the before and after.






Draw a pencil line at the start (high side) of the taper, try not to sand off the line as is it shaped with a sanding block.

Set the fairings side by side and adjust the end thicknesses.







I went ahead and filled and primed the fairings.
It's be hard to fill after the fins are glued on.

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