Thursday, February 23, 2023

Centuri Quasar Clone Build, Kit #KC-7, Part 19, Parachute, Tying It Together




A  glue line was applied with a Q-tip inside the low end of the BT-5 ramjet pod tube. 
The three silver nozzle assemblies were slid in place, recessed a bit.
A 36" long elastic shock cord was tied to the Kevlar cord coming off the baffle. 

I used the Duncan Uni-Knot to tie the shock cord to the nose cone base loop. The reach was long so the cord was slipped under the plastic loop using long tweezers. 
To see the Duncan knot: CLICK HERE

The Duncan Uni Knot is great for this tie - you can cinch it down without losing much length of the shock cord.

The Snap Swivel and chute was clipped to a simple overhand loop knot, 1/3 the way down from the nose cone.



Here's the ASP 15" Mylar chute.

There's not much room above the baffle so the chute was spiked, folded into quarters and lightly wrapped with the shroud lines.




There is some room in the tube extension on the nose cone base for the shroud lines and long shock cord.


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