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-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
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-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
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