This will be a quick "highlight" build, a large four fin model using standard building techniques.
This uses the 50mm tube, a little heavier walled than usual.
The fins are laser cut from hard balsa.
The instructions mention an 18" fabric parachute. My kit included a yellow 16" chute.
Here's one of the two Letramax centering rings.
This is the upper ring. I punched a small half circle to pass the doubled Kevlar line through.
Here's the 29mm engine mount in place, glued and filleted.
This is a picture from farther along in the build when the fins were glued onto the body tube and white paint applied.
Both the 29mm and 24mm mounts are included in the kit.
I’m a bit disappointed that Quest stayed with surface mount fins when they updated their larger kits for 29/24mm motors - though I’ll admit that my 24mm motored Mean Green with that style construction has held up well.
ReplyDeleteHi Openroad,
DeleteI agree, but like you mentioned, my surface mount fins on D and E rockets seem to be fine. Sometimes I will switch out and use stiffer balsa.
I was surprised that the Mean Green was my favorite of the bigger Quest/Enerjet kits. The Testor's metallic green I used worked very well.