Estes 2054 - Python 4 - Manual (Page 3)

SQUARE END
GLUE
ROUNDED
END
1 1/2” MARK
(38 mm)
D.
STAND ROCKET ON
FLAT TABLE UNTIL
GLUE DRIES
COMPLETELY.
"LL"
PLASTIC CEMENT
4 .
PREPARE TAIL CONE AND ADAPTER
DISCARD
SAND EDGES SMOOTH
A. TEST FIT FINS IN SLOTS. SAND AS NEEDED
FOR PROPER FIT. APPLY CARPENTER'S GLUE
TO FIN AND TAB EDGE.
C. CHECK ALIGNMENT OF FINS
AS SHOWN. ALLOW GLUE
TO SET.
NOTE:
FIN SHAPE AND TAB LOCATION.
TAIL CONE AND ADAPTER.
A.
USING A RAZOR SAW, CAREFULLY
CUT OFF ENDS AND CUT IN HALF.
B. SAND EDGES SMOOTH.
C. CAREFULLY SAW OFF NIBS.
SAND AWAY EXCESS PLASTIC
LIP FLUSH WITH SURFACE.
CUT IN
HALF
NOTE:
FINS MUST BE ATTACHED
CORRECTLY FOR STABLE
FLIGHT.
5 .
ASSEMBLING ENGINE MOUNT AND TAIL CONE
A. USE FINGER TO SMEAR GLUE 1 3/4"
(45 MM) INSIDE REAR OF BODY
TUBE.
B. ENGINE HOOK MUST
LINE UP WITH LAUNCH LUG
"LL" LINE.
DO NOT CEMENT
TAIL CONE YET!
D. APPLY A GLUE FILLET AROUND
RING AND BODY TUBE JOINT.
LET DRY.
E.
APPLY PLASTIC CEMENT
AROUND INSIDE OF BODY
TUBE. ALIGN LAUNCH
LUG LINE BETWEEN FIN
SLOTS ON TAIL CONE.
PUSH TAIL CONE INTO
BODY COMPLETELY. LET
DRY.
FIN SLOT
ENGINE HOOK
FIN SLOTS
REAR VIEW
MAIN BODY TUBE
GLUE
BODY
TUBE
"LL"
FINS SHOULD PROJECT
STRAIGHT FROM THE BODY.
6 .
ASSEMBLING LOWER FINS
90˚
90˚
90˚
90˚
TAB
CUT OFF
1 3/4”
(45 mm)
GLUE
GLUE
"LL"
C.
INSERT ENGINE
MOUNT INSIDE BODY
TUBE AND PUSH
INTO PLACE WITH
TAIL CONE.
REMOVE TAIL CONE
IMMEDIATELY. LET
DRY.
"LL"
GLUE
B. PUSH FIN INTO TAIL CONE. LET DRY. CONTINUE TO
ASSEMBLE REMAINING FINS. LET DRY.
7.
ATTACHING FIN CONDUIT
A. CAREFULLY REMOVE FIN
CONDUIT STRIPS FROM
CARD.
B . MEASURE 1 1/2” (38 MM) FROM
END OF BODY TUBE. MARK THE
FIN LINE ON ALL FOUR LINES.
C .
ROUNDED END SQUARE END FIN CONDUIT
COMPLETED TAIL CONE.
FIN LINE
D . APPLY GLUE TO ONE SIDE OF
FIN CONDUIT, CENTER
CONDUIT ON FIN LINE, MAKE
SURE THE “SQUARE END”
TOUCHES THE 1 1/2” (38 mm)
MARK. LET DRY. CONTINUE
WITH THE REMAINING
CONDUITS. LET DRY.
1 1/2"
(38 mm)