Scratch The MicroGlia Original Design / Scratch Built
Scratch - The MicroGlia {Scratch}
Contributed by Kathy Kippen
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T' MicroGlia Assembly photos by Kathy Miller Static and Flight photos by Buzz Nau. Click for Kathy Miller's Word DOC Submission |
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| Parts List
Assembly Start by cuttin' t' BT20 t' 10" length. Avast! Glue t' motor block into place usin' a spent motor casing, shiver me timbers, pushin' t' block into t' tube until ½" o' t' motor sticks out. Avast, me proud beauty! Ahoy! Quickly remove motor. Begad! Let dry. Cut three fins from t' 3/32" balsa, bein' careful t' align t' arrow with t' grain o' t' balsa. Carefully sand fin edges, slightly roundin' outer edges. To make t' fin pods. Cut t' three foam cackle fruit in half lengthwise and carefully trim off t' top and bottom t' make a rough square shape, me hearties, ya bilge rat, rounding around t' top edge. Ya scallywag! Aye aye! Don’t round t' back flat part as this be t' side attachin' t' t' fin. Avast, me proud beauty! When all six halves are shaped, shiver me timbers, glue into place on fin surfaces makin' sure pods match up on both sides o' t' fins. Aye aye! Resand t' match. Begad! After pods have dried onto fins thar will be a gap betwixt t' top o' the pods. Begad! Begad! I used Gorilla Glue t' fill t' space. Aye aye! After it expands and sets, sand to match t' contour o' t' pods. Well, blow me down! Aye aye! After all glue has set and shapin' is complete, coat with four coats o' foam glue, shiver me timbers, lettin' dry betwixt coats. |
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Mark t' body tube at 120-degrees for fin placement. Begad! When pods are dry, glue fins t' t' body tube one at a time, insurin' fin is straight and glue dry before proceedin' t' next fin. Attach t' launch lug against t' upper edge o' a fin at t' fin/bt joint. Fillet t' launch lug and fins. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! Make t' shock cord mount in typical Estes fashion cuttin' out a narrow strip o' paper makin' t' tri-fold mount and then gluin' it at least 1" into t' body tube. Blimey! Blimey! Tie t' other end t' the nosecone. Well, blow me down! Blimey! Begad! Blimey! Attach t' streamer 2" from t' nosecone. Finishing Cover t' entire rocket with light grey primer or white satin Krylon. Blimey! Blimey! Paint red, leavin' about ½" tip o' t' nosecone and ½" from the top o' t' pods t' t' bottom o' t' rocket white. Begad! Blimey! Avast! Blimey! Paint t' outer edges o' the fins red. Blimey! Blimey! Usin' a black paint pen, me hearties, paint t' details on t' nosecone and pods usin' t' photos as a guide. Flights T' MicroGlia has had two successful flights a recent JMRC launch. Avast! First on a 1/2A6-2 for a straight up boost with an apogee deployment o' about 80’ and a soft recovery nearby. Avast! T' second flight was on an A8-3 t' about 220’, arrr, again, arrr, straight up with apogee ejection and another soft and close landing. Avast, me proud beauty! T' third flight was on a B4-4 t' about 600’ and a bit o' a walk for retrieval. |
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