{"id":991,"date":"2017-10-01T21:04:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T11:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/?p=991"},"modified":"2017-10-03T11:24:10","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T01:24:10","slug":"nose-cone-sanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/2017\/10\/01\/nose-cone-sanding\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanding the Nose Cone"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nose cone is moulded plastic.<\/p>\n

Nose Cone Tip issue<\/h2>\n

I discovered after gluing the bulkplate in place that the tip was not 100% fixed, but could be rotated. I could apply a parting force and there was a very small gap (0.25mm). This gap was not all the way around the piece. So unfortunately I should have tightened this up before hand. Cursing myself somewhat.<\/p>\n

So what I did was apply CA glue inside the gap between the nozzle tip and the remainder of the nozzle. It is not fixed and won’t move\/rotate.<\/p>\n

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Nose Cone tip bonded to Nose Cone using CA glue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This I think should be satisfactory for flight. I’ve posted a “post” to AusRocketry Forum to get their input. If not okay, I’ll probably need to purchase replacement parts.<\/p>\n

The initial thoughts from posters on AusRocketry Forum is that it should be okay – but I will need to check this post-flight, to see if any movement. Movement is most likely due to impact with the ground.<\/p>\n

Sanding the Nose Cone<\/h2>\n

I’ve started sanding the nose cone, trying to remove the ejection mould hang-overs. I’ve used Grit-60 Sandpaper to remove these. Some bits were so bit that I used small pliers and Exacto Knife to remove the bulk of them.<\/p>\n

Then I used Grit 240 sandpaper to sand it down.<\/p>\n

It is pretty smooth, but I can still fill steps using my nail. I might wait until I apply Primer before I do any more sanding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Nose cone is moulded plastic. Nose Cone Tip issue I discovered after gluing the bulkplate in place that the tip was not 100% fixed, but could be rotated. I could apply a parting force and there was a very small gap (0.25mm). This gap was not all the way around the piece. So unfortunately … Continue reading Sanding the Nose Cone<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991"}],"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=991"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":998,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991\/revisions\/998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}