Bruiser
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I've been at it again this weekend.
Now it was time to glue the bottle neck in. I epoxied the centering ring in place and after the JB Weld had set I screwed the bottle neck into the nose cone. Then I ran a bead of JB Weld inside the lip of the payload bay and slid the payload bay over the bottle neck and held it in place to the nose cone with tape while the epoxy set.
I used the Kwik JB Weld so a few hours later I unscrewed the payload bay from the nose cone. I removed the wrap of tape that kept the bottle cap centered in the nose cone and filled the void with regular JB Weld (for the most strength) and put it aside
Then I took the payload bay and filled the void between the bottle neck and the payload bay wall with a bead of regular JB Weld and set it aside
I let them set overnight and here is how they look now
and assembled
I wanted the eye closer to the plastic but I didn't want extra threads to stick up inside the payload bay so I cut some threads off the eye bolt. I applied some blue Locktite to keep it all together.
I am really happy the way this turned out. I still need to drill some holes for the altimeter but that's easy peasy.
One thing that came to mind this morning is that I never weighed anything when doing this mod. I know I needed some weight in the nose cone due to the 29mm mod. I hope I ended up with enough I'll be sure to check the c/g once I get the recovery gear in
-Bob
Now it was time to glue the bottle neck in. I epoxied the centering ring in place and after the JB Weld had set I screwed the bottle neck into the nose cone. Then I ran a bead of JB Weld inside the lip of the payload bay and slid the payload bay over the bottle neck and held it in place to the nose cone with tape while the epoxy set.
I used the Kwik JB Weld so a few hours later I unscrewed the payload bay from the nose cone. I removed the wrap of tape that kept the bottle cap centered in the nose cone and filled the void with regular JB Weld (for the most strength) and put it aside
Then I took the payload bay and filled the void between the bottle neck and the payload bay wall with a bead of regular JB Weld and set it aside
I let them set overnight and here is how they look now
and assembled
I wanted the eye closer to the plastic but I didn't want extra threads to stick up inside the payload bay so I cut some threads off the eye bolt. I applied some blue Locktite to keep it all together.
I am really happy the way this turned out. I still need to drill some holes for the altimeter but that's easy peasy.
One thing that came to mind this morning is that I never weighed anything when doing this mod. I know I needed some weight in the nose cone due to the 29mm mod. I hope I ended up with enough I'll be sure to check the c/g once I get the recovery gear in
-Bob
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