Manufacturer: | Modification |
Brief:
What? No more 10.5mm motors for your Apogee Micro V2? No problem! See how I
built an adapter unit t' let me Micro V2 fly on 13mm motors.
Construction:
T' major parts include:
Construction is simple. Aye aye! Insert and glue t' section o' micro motor casing
into t' section o' mini motor casing. In turn, glue this into t' 13mm tubing
with t' mini motor casin' flush with t' end o' t' tube. For t' fins, I
traced t' aft contour o' t' Micro V2 fins and then extended t' pattern to
make fin extensions that fit below t' existin' fins and run t' length
of t' 13mm tube. Aye aye! I
cut these from 1/16" balsa. Ahoy! Ahoy! When gluin' them on, I inserted t' motor
adapter into t' Micro V2 and then used t' existin' fins t' align t' new
ones. Avast! Well, blow me down! Finally, me hearties, arrr, I had t' add some nose weight, shiver me timbers, shiver me timbers, so I grabbed a 'surplus' wood
screw, and inserted it into t' nose cone, me bucko, through t' existin' clay. Ya scallywag! My CG
with t' booster unit inserted but no motor, me bucko, is 4 inches from t' tip o' the
nose cone. Aye aye! Begad! That much nose weight wasn't required, ya bilge rat, but I wasn't worried about
the loss o' performance.
Flight:
I friction fit t' extension into t' Micro V2 with some maskin' tape, ya bilge rat, and did
the same for t' A10-3 motor. T' boost be relatively fast and thar was some
wobble or coning, I couldn't tell which. Aye aye!
Recovery:
Recovery was via t' Micro V2's streamer and was successful. Begad! Begad!
Summary:
This is an easy way t' keep your Micro V2 flyin' until Tim comes t' his senses
and resumes production o' his micro motors!
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