r717 2845 fins in vacuum bagging 2849 fins just out of vacuum bagging 2856 3 fins with excess CF roughly trimmed away on bench 2868 fit testing ebay bulkhead 2877 milling machine cutting centering ring with fin slots 2886 finished ring after light sanding 2888 fit testing fin-can ring 2891 set-up for sanding rings on lathe 2895 stack of rings for fin can, shows smaller one for zipperless coupler 2896 same stack skewed to show thicknesses 2899 installing inserts for rail buttons in fin can rings 2901 inserts after grinding flush with ring surface 2911 detail showing aircraft cable swage and JB Weld attachment 2913 detail showing how fins fit in to centering ring slots 2915 fin can with 2 rings glued, aircraft cable, fins dry-fit 2916 nose cone after cutting aft end off 2917 view into payload bay after coupler epoxied in 2920 payload bay and nose cone dry-fit testing 2922 one end of ebay showing wing nuts and u-bolt installed 2923 detail showing ebay bulkhead stepped milling, u-bolt hardware 2950 detail showing replacement of fin forward ring to allow use of tailcone 2954 dry fit of aft ring and tailcone 2960 dry fit of fins, aft ring, tailcone 2961 test fit of fin alignment jig 2964 detail showing fins epoxied to MMT, no glue on aft ring yet 2965 detail showing fins epoxied to MMT at forward ring end 2978 waiting for epoxy to cure with fin jig on 2983 dry fit of tailcone, adapters, J285 after epoxy set but while curing 2988 masked for first set of fin to MMT reinforcement 2990 detail of aft end with glass across MMT and in fin joints 2991 detail of forward end with glass across MMT and in fin joints 2992 bags of water holding glass in place during curing 2994 overall view of fin to fin reinforcement one side 3000 closeup of fin surfaces dremel-sanded before reinforcement installation 3009 marking airframe for fin slots 3012 dry fit of airframe after fin slotting 3015 closeup of aft end of airframe tube; fin slots and rail button hole 3016 rail button insert loaded with grease for airframe installation 3019 fin fronts taped to retain epoxy 3022 close up of aft end of airframe with rubber bands during epoxy pour 3026 close up of aft end showing interior during first epoxy pour 3035 taped and ready for first pair of interior fin to airframe fillets 3040 wiring of avionics power and safe/arm switches 3042 view of interior fin fillet, west systems with milled glass 3046 epoxy pour at front end of zipperless assembly 3048 taping to retain epoxy during pour associated with aft ring install 3052 aft ring installed, west systems poured and JB weld on MMT for tailcone 3054 tail cone fitted and epoxies curing m537r 0754 interior of avionics bay showing switches and rail button block 0755 payload bay sled support ring 0756 avionics bay switches from outside, lousy job making holes in airframe 0758 much better job done for switch on payload bay 0763 assembling avionics and payload bay sleds 0770 6-32 inserts in sled support rings for avionics bay 0772 interior of avionics bay with sled support rings installed 0783 aft of payload bay after epoxy pour 0784 payload bay with sled installed for fit check 0785 screw retaining ring in nose cone 0791 avionics bay bulkhead ready to fly with charge holders, etc 0795 avionics sled with altimeters and 9V batteries installed