Since Patrol Cursier Excalibur is on the way to being finished It's time to get it's dreaded enemy counterpart spaceship off the drawing board and on the building board.
I've had both more or less layed out for several years but lacked the spirit to move on either. Now that on is nearling flight readiness, I'm almost obligated to build the other LOL!
On tuesday evening I decided it's time. I'm making a slight revision to my one page plan substituting a standard PNC-5V for the custom turned Basswood nose which will require a bit longer BT-5 body tube and adding a score line at the black nose color break line.
After gathering up the base parts I rolled some computer paper 1/8" OD (rocket tubes) to surround the T2+ lengthened internal motor mount. added a couple T2+/T5 fibreboard centering rings and 36" of Black 90lb kevlar shockline tied around and beneath the forward ring running the shockline out to the outer edge before threading it back out the aft end of the mount until the mount is installed after the rest of the model is fabricated and painted.
The plan is to cut fin pattens and .032" Basswood fins this weekend unless I decide to switch to .030" styrene which i'll have to dig out of my larger stock sheets before doing any fin cutting. With a detachable lower aux. fin needed I want to take a look at both materials to see which one will stay in place better. Perhaps this will result in a spare lower fin just in case LOL!!!
I've had both more or less layed out for several years but lacked the spirit to move on either. Now that on is nearling flight readiness, I'm almost obligated to build the other LOL!
On tuesday evening I decided it's time. I'm making a slight revision to my one page plan substituting a standard PNC-5V for the custom turned Basswood nose which will require a bit longer BT-5 body tube and adding a score line at the black nose color break line.
After gathering up the base parts I rolled some computer paper 1/8" OD (rocket tubes) to surround the T2+ lengthened internal motor mount. added a couple T2+/T5 fibreboard centering rings and 36" of Black 90lb kevlar shockline tied around and beneath the forward ring running the shockline out to the outer edge before threading it back out the aft end of the mount until the mount is installed after the rest of the model is fabricated and painted.
The plan is to cut fin pattens and .032" Basswood fins this weekend unless I decide to switch to .030" styrene which i'll have to dig out of my larger stock sheets before doing any fin cutting. With a detachable lower aux. fin needed I want to take a look at both materials to see which one will stay in place better. Perhaps this will result in a spare lower fin just in case LOL!!!
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