Monday, February 7, 2022

Quest/Enerjet Minotaur Q5015 Build, Part 3, SRB Prep




The glassine wrap seam was very tight - I couldn't even find it in some places.
I won't have to do my first pass of CWF. 
This will only need a good shot of filler/primer and sanding to fill the seams.
I wanted a sharper edge on the nose cone shoulder.
Start by sanding and squaring up the tube edge with 220 grit.

Slide in the nose cone and turn against the roughened tube edge. The rough tube edge will "sand" and sharpen up the shoulder corner.
Next - 
Brush on CWF over the low half of the nose cone. This gives you a clean nose cone tip to hold onto for the next step.
Brush the CWF over the shoulder lip and a little onto the coupler side, shown in the left side picture. Brush on CWF like this all the way around the lower half of the nose cone. 

Press the nose cone down onto the tube edge and  turn.

Leave the bead of CWF that forms on the shoulder, shown above on the right side. That will be sanded down after it dries.

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