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Comment: Detail of the shock cord bridle, behind the bulkhead.
Aft Centering Ring * Aft MMT centering ring, showing engine retaining hardware (a blind nut with a couple of pieces of balsa as an anchor; these will be glued together and assembled behind the ring). A pair of blind nuts will be coupled with two window screen retainers to make my version of a Kaplow Clip. * 2364 x 1286 * (842KB)

Circle Construction * Hauling out my ancient geometry skills to find the center of a circle, for custom-made centering rings. * 2560 x 1920 * (1.05MB)

Nose Bridle * The nose cone's shock cord bridle assembly, to be installed in a tubing coupler. The shock cord retention bridle and the center ring-bulkhead strengthening gussets. * 1715 x 2143 * (738KB)

Nose Bulkhead * It doesn't look like a bulkhead, but it becomes one. The shock cord will attach to the loop in the bridle. * 1671 x 1832 * (633KB)
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Nose Bulkhead Installation * The nose shock cord bridle and bulkhead assembly installed in the tubing coupler. This will go in the aft end of a short body tube; the nose cone will be attached to the forward end. * 1613 x 1840 * (690KB)

MMT Detail * Motor mount, showing the centering ring, blind nut, and strengthening guessets. * 1775 x 1519 * (565KB)

MMT and Clips * Motor mount, stuffer tube, and Kaplow Clips. You can see the window screen retaining clips on the right (rocket aft), and the gussets. * 2321 x 442 * (288KB)

MMT and Stuffer * The motor mount tube. Note the phenolic liner to the left (rocket forward) and the Kaplow Clips and gussets to the right. * 2339 x 774 * (497KB)

Tail Cone Assembly * The tail cone is made of posterboard. After inserting some stiffening rings, I coated it with thin CyA for strength and stiffness. (The cone is about 30 cm long.) * 853 x 2444 * (478KB)
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