tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612012025300219489.post757853819480402360..comments2024-03-28T11:34:11.082-04:00Comments on Model Rocket Building: Cracked Root Edge Joints? TIPChris Michielssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907925631001358372noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612012025300219489.post-14939027547638567662016-11-28T13:05:53.825-05:002016-11-28T13:05:53.825-05:00Thanks, I have my post-it note for this thread on ...Thanks, I have my post-it note for this thread on the kit.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00317086474676888675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612012025300219489.post-11534858545642675152016-11-28T11:37:48.537-05:002016-11-28T11:37:48.537-05:00Hi Scott,
The Starlight Jayhawk had some pretty ha...Hi Scott,<br />The Starlight Jayhawk had some pretty hard knocks and never broke a fin joint.<br />Making a cardstock tail cone for the Honest John probably wouldn't work. It would hard to pull off, the fins are through the wall. You couldn't cut fin slots in the tail cone without distortion.<br />If I were to do it again, I'd use a short length of coupler for the "trench" and then another length of BT-60 below it instead of the plastic tail cone. The raised bands above the cone could be a wrapped strip of body tube. It's extra work, but do-able. <br />The taper of the tail cone is so subtle nobody would notice any difference.Chris Michielssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06907925631001358372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612012025300219489.post-5057279488861442942016-11-28T01:12:09.469-05:002016-11-28T01:12:09.469-05:00I have the new Estes Honest John in my build pile....I have the new Estes Honest John in my build pile. This makes me think I should make my own paper transition like how you did the Starlight Jayhawk; that model seems to be holding up well. I would just leave the trench out. The Jayhawk had a wider straight segment and then transitioned down to the base of the tail. This would be an inversion of that. I'm sure I'll need to look at the parts first, but time to put a sticky on the package noting this issue.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00317086474676888675noreply@blogger.com