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ABM's... gosh, i just love the way they look. This kit came boxed with the Athena and were protected from bumps and bruises. One thing i did right away was look at the MMT. In my wifes' previous Athena build, we found that the MMT for the Athena was too small. where, instructions stating placing the CR's 1/8" from end of MMT... BUT, we found that the MMT was too short and used 1/16" (several others stated the same on my build thread.) This said, the MMT for the Nike is 14" long which will accommodate an Aero Pack Tail Cone motor retention assembly. (a quick rocksim shows that the Nike will travel an additional 400' from the original flight 'max altitude feet' with the tail cone assy. installed. Pert Cool..
first thing i did was remove the glassine from the MMT and tried to place the CR's onto it. i'll have to do some sanding to the CR's before i can do any testing.
The weather here in Florence has been brutal lately with temps in the 90's and humidity in the 70's.. yuck! I've started the AC in the shop and will see how it performs here in the SC heat & humidity.
Ron
ABM's... gosh, i just love the way they look. This kit came boxed with the Athena and were protected from bumps and bruises. One thing i did right away was look at the MMT. In my wifes' previous Athena build, we found that the MMT for the Athena was too small. where, instructions stating placing the CR's 1/8" from end of MMT... BUT, we found that the MMT was too short and used 1/16" (several others stated the same on my build thread.) This said, the MMT for the Nike is 14" long which will accommodate an Aero Pack Tail Cone motor retention assembly. (a quick rocksim shows that the Nike will travel an additional 400' from the original flight 'max altitude feet' with the tail cone assy. installed. Pert Cool..
first thing i did was remove the glassine from the MMT and tried to place the CR's onto it. i'll have to do some sanding to the CR's before i can do any testing.
The weather here in Florence has been brutal lately with temps in the 90's and humidity in the 70's.. yuck! I've started the AC in the shop and will see how it performs here in the SC heat & humidity.
Ron
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