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Early T-Bird Plans
Attached is the full scan of the T-Bird plans posted earlier. These are in two parts....I did not attempt to 'weave' together into one document. The original instructions are larger than my scanner bed.
Since these plans date to about 1965, motor designations are English. Earl
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Thanks Earl! S.
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improve fit of HTC-10 couplers
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Looking very nice so far, Paul. Just a thought, what do you think about using a Q-tip and lightly coat the exposed portions and ends of the HTC-10 couplers with super thin CA, then light sand if needed? This will also toughen up those HTC-10 couplers and provide for a less loose fit. Larry B |
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More progress on the T-Bird, while I procrastinate on my large project. First, the motor mount for the sustainer. The only modification from stock here is the addition of kevlar; This should help packing the recovery stuff in this rather short tube, and of course aid replacing the shock cord, in the unlikely event I recover it often enough. I peeled 3/4" of glassine off the ST-7, the 2nd stage coupler was way too tight. Now it's nicely snug.
Then, the fins on the 1st stage, using a template from payloadbay. Lastly, bare metal foil (chrome) on the payload tube, in lieu of clear CPT-10, with vent holes for a small altimeter. Next, I'll need to decide whether to add the strakes on the 2nd & 3rd stages.
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I like the chrome in place of the clear tube. It gives the feeling of a clear tube. I'd add the strakes, sort of like the T-Bird that never existed.
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My experience has been that the Semroc passport stage couplers are pretty snug on their ST-7 tubing. That's ok for the lower stage that the passport coupler is typically glued to, but not so good for the ST-7 tubing of the stage above it that it should fit over, as you say, 'nicely snug'. Earl
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Paul,
Do you have the cut outs from the Semroc fins? Since each one sheet has a fin from all 3 stages, you have a pattern for all the fins. I tried ordering tense from Semroc but could did get there in time. Any chance you might part with one if you still have it? Btw, a scan doesn't help me because I have no printer (currently). I'll pay for postage. |
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FWIW, this project is moving along slowly; Spring weather tends to keep me out of the basement. Assembly is complete, I'm on my 4th coat of aero gloss for the fins, after sanding down the first 3 coats.
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Nearly Done!
So, summer has been more flying, and very little building, though I've kept working on the T-Bird here and there. Guess I lost track of documenting the build, but I think all the interesting details have already been covered. The rest of the build was standard stuff, gluing on fins, fillets, at least 4 coats of aerogloss on all balsa (I lost count with large gaps of inactivity), grey primer, sand, white gloss base coat, fluorescent orange top coat, gloss clear coat, lastly mask & paint 2 black fins on each stage. The black/orange is all about visibility, the fields we launch in are generally uncut, and the weeds get really tall this time of year. I decided to add strakes, mostly since I was used to seeing them in the catalogs, and looks *right* to me; I simply eyeballed 4 small triangles per stage and sanded to match.
It was a small surprise that the outboard edge of the sustainer fins hang just a bit lower than the top of the 2nd stage, such that all 3 stages can't be aligned, so I'll need to interdigitate at least the top 2 stages. It isn't clear from photos if this is the intent or not; I *think* all my BT lengths were correct, and the fins were attached even with the bottom edge of each BT. The only thing left is a checkerboard decal for the sustainer; My luck with decal paper lately has been dismal, so perhaps I'll see what I can get from Gordy, might be tricky to get one scaled properly for ST-10. Oh yeah, and it still needs a launch lug.
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Nice build Paul. Your T-Bird clone looks really nice.
Larry B |
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