Estes Puma #7256 Build, Part 3, Engine Mount and Vanes

The engine construction mount is pretty standard.
Before you glue it together, check the next step.

UPGRADES: I cut the finger tab off the engine hook and added a Kevlar line beneath the upper centering ring.

GOTCHA: The instructions say to glue the lower ring 1/2" from the bottom of the engine tube. The small vanes are only 7/16" long and according to the instructions they should fill the space to the end of the tube.

To properly fit the length of the vanes, glue the lower ring 7/16" from the bottom of the engine tube.

The vane marking guide is cut from the instruction sheet and slid over the low end of the engine mount. Mark the locations with pencil.
On the Lynx build I glued the ring onto the centering ring.
You can see the low end of the tube was hit with primer/filler and sanded.

I'll glue on the vanes later after the grain has been filled with CWF, primer/filler and sanding.