Thursday, April 7, 2022

Estes EAC Firecat #0821, Build, Part 5, Cutting Out The Fins



The fins are cut out from 3/32" balsa.
Notice the line down from the leading edge through the left of the center area. This cut line only applies to two of the four fins.









Cut out four fins, one tube standoff,
and one long raceway. 



As mentioned - 
Only two of the fins have the wing tip cut off.

Here I slid the full fin pattern back to lightly notch the cut line.
Slide the pattern forward and notch the rear of the fin.







Use a straightedge set on the knife mark notches 
and cut off the wing tip.

3 comments:

  1. From Manuel Mejia:

    Are you going to use a mini Honest John nose cone for the Fire Cat ? sfkeesuv@yahoo.com

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    1. Hi Manuel,
      Nope! I got a full balsa HoJo nose cone from BMS. This nose cone is closer to the one that came with the original Cold Power Honest John and Firecat kit.

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    2. Hi Chris!: Is that their BMS50HJ that you are using?

      Sincerely<
      J.W.

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