L2 Certification, Rocket Building

Trail assembly of Tailcone on Motor Mount

One of the very important steps I have to do soon is to glue the motor mount (via top Centering Ring) into the main Air-frame tube. I have to be particularly careful here because we want to have the motor mount sticking out just enough to ensure that there is adequate room to install the Aeropack Tailcone. So here I am conducting a trial Dry-run installation.

 

Motor mount sticking out by 1.06" which is about 27mm
Motor mount sticking out by 1.06″ which is about 27mm

 

Side-on photo of install. Notice the Centering Ring is pushed in about 0.25" (6mm)
Side-on photo of install. Notice the Centering Ring is pushed in about 0.25″ (6mm)
Screwing on the Tailcone
Screwing on the Tailcone

 

 

As you can see here, I’ve used wires to allow me to remove the AFT Centering ring, which I’ll need to do at some point during the install.

Measuring gaps when fully assembled and checking that a motor would be able to fit.
Measuring gaps when fully assembled and checking that a motor would be able to fit.

I’m reasonably confident with it, but going to double check it.