Wolverine Jayhawk Build, Part 4, Screw Eye & Parachute

The screw eye is screwed into a dowel that you glued into the nose cone base. This makes a very strong screw eye attachment.

I placed some glue in the nose cone base hole and pressed the dowel into place. I didn't press it all the way in, I wanted to sand the dowel end flush with the base of the nose cone.
OOPS: After it was glued in I realized the dowel was glued in backwards! The drilled screws eye hole was inside the nose cone.
I knew I'd never get it back out, so another small hole was drilled for the screw eye attachment.

Eight parachute reinforcement discs are supplied, only six are needed.
I wanted to be sure these were plastic, permanent discs so I tried to tear one of the extra disks. It did rip, telling me it was a paper disk.

I'd prefer stronger disks, so I switched them out for Avery plastic disks.

The instructions tell you to place the disks 1/4" from the edge. I don't see any reason to do this. The table covering plastic can stretch if pulled, I put the disks closer to the corners.

TIP: Because of the stretch, the shroud line hole was punched close to the outside of the inner disk circle.

TIP: Some tablecloth covering plastic sheeting has a smooth side and a textured side. Attach your discs to the smooth side for better adhesion.