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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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