Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Quest Future Launch Vehicle #3013 Build, Part 9, SRB Wraps




I've already cut TTW fin tab slots so the fin area on the wrap will center on those. This picture shows a dry wrap (no spray adhesive yet) to check the positioning.

Instead of starting the wrap edge by laying down a pencil line, I'll have to center the wrap and start on over the fin slot line.
I rolled some masking tape into a circle with the sticky side out. These rolls are stuck down on a scrap cardboard piece for the adhesive spray.
Before the tape was turned into a roll, I stuck it to my pants leg 7 or 8 times to leave denim lint and remove some of the stickiness of the tape. I don't want to take a chance of tearing the wrap or lifting the print.
Stick down the tape roll, lightly stick the printed side of the wrap on the tape.



Here's the visible side of the SRB wrap.

On the right notice the open area down the seam side. This is short on purpose to give you a better gluing area on the main body tube.

The wide end of the three small nose cones get a wrap.
On the left, all three wraps are held down on some making tape, sticky side up.

On the right is the nose cone wrapped. Like the SRB wraps, it doesn't go all the way around

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