3 2845 fins in vacuum bagging
4 2849 fins just out of vacuum bagging
5 2856 3 fins with excess CF roughly trimmed away on bench
6 2868 fit testing ebay bulkhead
7 2877 milling machine cutting centering ring with fin slots
8 2886 finished ring after light sanding
9 2888 fit testing fin-can ring
10 2891 set-up for sanding rings on lathe
11 2895 stack of rings for fin can, shows smaller one for zipperless coupler
12 2896 same stack skewed to show thicknesses
13 2899 installing inserts for rail buttons in fin can rings
14 2901 inserts after grinding flush with ring surface
15 2911 detail showing aircraft cable swage and JB Weld attachment
16 2913 detail showing how fins fit in to centering ring slots
17 2915 fin can with 2 rings glued, aircraft cable, fins dry-fit
18 2916 nose cone after cutting aft end off
19 2917 view into payload bay after coupler epoxied in
20 2920 payload bay and nose cone dry-fit testing
21 2922 one end of ebay showing wing nuts and u-bolt installed
22 2923 detail showing ebay bulkhead stepped milling, u-bolt hardware
23 2950 detail showing replacement of fin forward ring to allow use of tailcone
24 2954 dry fit of aft ring and tailcone
25 2960 dry fit of fins, aft ring, tailcone
26 2961 test fit of fin alignment jig
27 2964 detail showing fins epoxied to MMT, no glue on aft ring yet
28 2965 detail showing fins epoxied to MMT at forward ring end
29 2978 waiting for epoxy to cure with fin jig on
30 2983 dry fit of tailcone, adapters, J285 after epoxy set but while curing
31 2988 masked for first set of fin to MMT reinforcement
32 2990 detail of aft end with glass across MMT and in fin joints
33 2991 detail of forward end with glass across MMT and in fin joints
34 2992 bags of water holding glass in place during curing
35 2994 overall view of fin to fin reinforcement one side
36 3000 closeup of fin surfaces dremel-sanded before reinforcement installation
37 3009 marking airframe for fin slots
38 3012 dry fit of airframe after fin slotting
39 3015 closeup of aft end of airframe tube; fin slots and rail button hole
40 3016 rail button insert loaded with grease for airframe installation
41 3019 fin fronts taped to retain epoxy
42 3022 close up of aft end of airframe with rubber bands during epoxy pour
43 3026 close up of aft end showing interior during first epoxy pour
44 3035 taped and ready for first pair of interior fin to airframe fillets
45 3040 wiring of avionics power and safe/arm switches
46 3042 view of interior fin fillet, west systems with milled glass
47 3046 epoxy pour at front end of zipperless assembly
48 3048 taping to retain epoxy during pour associated with aft ring install
49 3052 aft ring installed, west systems poured and JB weld on MMT for tailcone
50 3054 tail cone fitted and epoxies curing
54 0754 interior of avionics bay showing switches and rail button block
55 0755 payload bay sled support ring
56 0756 avionics bay switches from outside, lousy job making holes in airframe
57 0758 much better job done for switch on payload bay
58 0763 assembling avionics and payload bay sleds
59 0770 6-32 inserts in sled support rings for avionics bay
60 0772 interior of avionics bay with sled support rings installed
61 0783 aft of payload bay after epoxy pour
62 0784 payload bay with sled installed for fit check
63 0785 screw retaining ring in nose cone
64 0791 avionics bay bulkhead ready to fly with charge holders, etc
65 0795 avionics sled with altimeters and 9V batteries installed
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