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Estes Red Flare Build from Black Friday 2019
I wanted a Red Flare since it was introduced but the list price for an E2X Kit was not worth it to me. I thought the prismatic tube and black were a neat combo that reminded me of 80’s LOC kits. In the Black Friday sale they were 65% off, going for less than $10 so I got a couple. I wanted to build it on the day it arrived but was having a water heater put in so it sat for a few days. Yesterday I assembled it and my only issue is the ID of the tube is pretty large. I thought about mods but built it stock. I will need to either add tape to the nosecone shoulder, but instead I’ll probably glue a strip of paper inside the top of the tube since it’s so thin. I used Beacon Fabri Tac as suggested on Chris’s blog for plastic to paper joints and it worked great but beware strings when lifting the tip. I am not sure about the decal yet. I hope I can fly it at the park this weekend.
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The Beacon Fabri-Tac glue is very handy for builds that have plastic-to-paper joints. I used it the other day to bond the nose cone to the body tube on a Luna Bug.
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Yep, the Fabri-Tac is like the old tube plastic glue I used on plastic models in the 1960s. That stuff would "string" when you pulled the tube away from the glued area. I think the Fabri-Tac might be a little thicker than the old plastic model tube glue.
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The thickness was a big help, since the fit of the tube was very loose. Thanks for the tip, and thanks for your blog I read it daily. |
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Good sized spiffy looking kit. Goes together in one evening, no wood to fill, prime, and sand. Pre-finished body, my kind of rocket. Good straight flight on its' maiden, no damage.
But was it enough of a challenge for your craftsmanship skills, 5X7?
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My only craftsmanship Skill is drowning something in filler primer and sanding the heck out of it. The pictures don't show the glue smudges on the fins. Last edited by 5x7 : 12-13-2019 at 04:37 PM. |
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Yesterday I glued a strip of bond into the top of the airframe to snug up the nose. I couldn't find a permanent glue stick so I ended up using an old credit card to smear a thin layer of wood glue then carefully worked the paper around and used the nose cone to set it. The pics show the fit test before gluing. It's done unless I decide to add decals.
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It's a nice looking E2X, and flies great on E12-4 motors. I was a little concerned about the fin attachment, so added a thin bead of medium CA along either side of the fin-tube joint. I'll have to try the fabric-tac - I've been using medium CA for paper-plastic joints, so far it's been working well.
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Do you use the plastic parachute? I added some elastic from the nc to the chute. |
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