{"id":38,"date":"2015-05-26T11:08:03","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T01:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/?p=38"},"modified":"2015-05-26T11:08:03","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T01:08:03","slug":"jig-for-rocket-fins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/2015\/05\/26\/jig-for-rocket-fins\/","title":{"rendered":"Jig for Rocket Fins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started bulding the rocket up by first making a jig to keep the fins orientated 120degrees apart. I decided this was critical for a successful flight and so did this immediately. Some pictures are shown below of this.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SML_IMG_5876.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40\" src=\"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SML_IMG_5876-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ply Wood with hole cut into it, Just large enough for Quantum Tube to fit in\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SML_IMG_5876-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SML_IMG_5876-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ply Wood with hole cut into it, Just large enough for Quantum Tube to fit in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SML_IMG_5877.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41\" src=\"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SML_IMG_5877-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Quantum Tube fits snuggly inside Plywood hole\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SML_IMG_5877-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SML_IMG_5877-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quantum Tube fits snuggly inside Plywood hole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SML_IMG_5878.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42\" src=\"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SML_IMG_5878-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Cuts made in Ply wood at 120 degrees allow correct positioning of fins in Quantum Tubing.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SML_IMG_5878-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SML_IMG_5878-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cuts made in Ply wood at 120 degrees allow correct positioning of fins in Quantum Tubing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I had to sand the cuts in the plywood with sandpaper to widen the gap to allow the Fibreglass fins to snuggly slide in them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started bulding the rocket up by first making a jig to keep the fins orientated 120degrees apart. I decided this was critical for a successful flight and so did this immediately. Some pictures are shown below of this. &nbsp; &nbsp; I had to sand the cuts in the plywood with sandpaper to widen the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/2015\/05\/26\/jig-for-rocket-fins\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jig for Rocket Fins<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}