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View Poll Results: When you built your Astron Farside or Farside-X did you:
Build it with canted fins as per instructions? 14 53.85%
Build it with straight fins because crooked ones hurt your OCD brain? 10 38.46%
Attempt to build it straight but 9 straight fins are hopelessly impossible for you? 2 7.69%
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Old 12-07-2018, 12:15 PM
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Old 12-07-2018, 12:42 PM
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I went up one thickness step on the fins, too. IIRC, the 1st stage plans called for 1/16" and I opted for 3/32" (along with a 24mm MMT and no canting of the fins).

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I built a Farside-X as a kid and am sure that I built it according to the instructions (though I don't have it around to prove that). Several years ago, when I built a Farside for a local Classic Model competition I built it from Semroc parts and followed the instructions with respect to the canted fins (and pretty much everything else). It works very nicely.
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No cant on the fins for me. Not sure why but I did go with a different color scheme.
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I went up one thickness step on the fins, too. IIRC, the 1st stage plans called for 1/16" and I opted for 3/32" (along with a 24mm MMT and no canting of the fins).

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Did you just increase the booster fins to 3/32”, or use it for all stages? I’ve been thinking I’d use the Semroc kit, but just build a separate booster for 24mm motor, and use 3/32” basswood for fins.
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@Sandman That's a beautiful paint scheme!
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@Sandman That's a beautiful paint scheme!


Gee, thanks.
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Mine was built completely stock, with the 1/16" thick canted balsa fins
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None of the above. I built it with straight fins, but not because of OCD. I am not OCD.
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Did you just increase the booster fins to 3/32”, or use it for all stages? I’ve been thinking I’d use the Semroc kit, but just build a separate booster for 24mm motor, and use 3/32” basswood for fins.
I used 3/32" in all three stages. I had to go look at it first, tho, to be sure

I'm not big on basswood, but I've papered a few fins. In the case of this rocket, other than going up to 3/32", I didn't beef up any other pieces.

Altho I did fake the payload section - it's actually noseblow. With the length of the designed payload section, a lot of torque can be imparted to the lower airframe via the transition with the result that the body tube opening tends to get hogged out over time making for a loose fit. And that can also result in the payload section becoming misaligned. So I opted to make it permanently attached

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[Edit]BTW, Here's a look from all sides.


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