Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Estes Teros Upscale, Making The Nose Cone, Part 1




A few years ago, I bought three packages of the plastic champagne flute glasses from the Dollar Tree stores. These go on sale before Valentines day.

The outside diameter is a close fit to the Quest 50mm tubes.
I haven't used one since the Scavenger model was built.

The Estes Teros nose cone is the "ramjet" style.





To start, the stem and base are cut off.
The tip is filed and sanded down until the point is smooth.


The tip on the original Teros nose cone is about 1/2" long.
This is a 2X upscale so this end was cut off at 1".

The inset picture shows the second cut line, 3/16" down from the first cut. Mark the second cut after the cut edge is sanded flat.

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