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. Well, blow me down! Blimey! Glue t' motor block into place usin' a spent motor casing, pushin' t' block into t' tube until ½" o' t' motor sticks out. Begad! Begad! Quickly remove motor. Arrr! Let dry. Cut three fins from t' 3/32" balsa, ya bilge rat, arrr, me bucko, 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, ya bilge rat, rounding around t' top edge. Well, blow me down! Don’t round t' back flat part as this be t' side attachin' t' t' fin. When all six halves are shaped, ya bilge rat, me bucko, glue into place on fin surfaces makin' sure pods match up on both sides o' t' fins. Resand t' match. Well, blow me down! After pods have dried onto fins thar will be a gap betwixt t' top o' the pods. Well, blow me down! Aye aye! I used Gorilla Glue t' fill t' space. Ya scallywag! After it expands and sets, me hearties, sand to match t' contour o' t' pods. After all glue has set and shapin' is complete, coat with four coats o' foam glue, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, ya bilge rat, lettin' dry betwixt coats. |
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Mark t' body tube at 120-degrees for fin placement. Blimey! When pods are dry, arrr, 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. Begad! Ya scallywag! 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. Begad! Aye aye! Tie t' other end t' the nosecone. Well, blow me down! Avast! Attach t' streamer 2" from t' nosecone. Finishing Cover t' entire rocket with light grey primer or white satin Krylon. Ya scallywag! 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. Aye aye! Blimey! Paint t' outer edges o' the fins red. Ya scallywag! Blimey! Usin' a black paint pen, arrr, 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. Well, blow me down! First on a 1/2A6-2 for a straight up boost with an apogee deployment o' about 80’ and a soft recovery nearby. Arrr! T' second flight was on an A8-3 t' about 220’, again, 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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