The green ring had a burr that needed smoothing.
I turned it against the nose cone, but it still required some sanding to slide over the engine mount tube.
This instruction picture was a little confusing.
The ring is used to position the spacing of the lower B ring.
Don't glue the green ring on the tube!
Apply the glue fillet behind the B ring, then slide off the green ring.
I used my sanding block to press down and even up the end of the tube and the green ring.
The picture on the right shows the fillet on the top side joint.
Use the fin slot to set the position of the middle slotted ring.
TIP: Slide a second fin in the opposite slot to be sure the slotted ring in on straight
With the second ring in place, the green ring is glued against it.
The upper ring is glued on the top of the tube.
Glue it over the end a bit to allow a fillet on both sides.
I like your building style. bradycros
ReplyDeleteHi Bradycros,
DeleteHow have you been?
Can't wait until it is finished
ReplyDeleteHi Scientist,
DeleteActually - four of these were finished up about a month ago! Two scale and two sport versions. I'll show some pictures of both at the end of the blog build.
Where is the retainer ring that goes in side tube to hold engine in place.
ReplyDeleteHi Unknown,
DeleteI assume you are asking about the engine block?
There isn't one on this model. Using strips of masking tape, you make an engine block at the rear of the engine. This is the way it is is done on larger rockets so you can use even larger (longer casing) engines. Go to the instructions and look at page 7: https://estesrockets.com/wp-content/uploads/Instructions/009720_DOORKNOB.pdf