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View Poll Results: When you built your Astron Farside or Farside-X did you: | |||
Build it with canted fins as per instructions? | 14 | 53.85% | |
Build it with straight fins because crooked ones hurt your OCD brain? | 10 | 38.46% | |
Attempt to build it straight but 9 straight fins are hopelessly impossible for you? | 2 | 7.69% | |
Voters: 26. You may not vote on this poll |
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Astron Farside Poll
Hey Astron Farside and Farside-X builders...
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I went up one thickness step on the fins, too. IIRC, the 1st stage plans called for 1/16" and I opted for 3/32" (along with a 24mm MMT and no canting of the fins).
Doug .
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I built a Farside-X as a kid and am sure that I built it according to the instructions (though I don't have it around to prove that). Several years ago, when I built a Farside for a local Classic Model competition I built it from Semroc parts and followed the instructions with respect to the canted fins (and pretty much everything else). It works very nicely.
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No cant on the fins for me. Not sure why but I did go with a different color scheme.
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"I'm a sandman. I've never killed anyone. I terminate runners when their time is up." Logan from "Logan's Run" http://sandmandecals.com/ Last edited by sandman : 12-07-2018 at 02:53 PM. |
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Doug, Did you just increase the booster fins to 3/32”, or use it for all stages? I’ve been thinking I’d use the Semroc kit, but just build a separate booster for 24mm motor, and use 3/32” basswood for fins.
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@Sandman That's a beautiful paint scheme!
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Gee, thanks.
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Mine was built completely stock, with the 1/16" thick canted balsa fins
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None of the above. I built it with straight fins, but not because of OCD. I am not OCD.
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I'm not big on basswood, but I've papered a few fins. In the case of this rocket, other than going up to 3/32", I didn't beef up any other pieces. Altho I did fake the payload section - it's actually noseblow. With the length of the designed payload section, a lot of torque can be imparted to the lower airframe via the transition with the result that the body tube opening tends to get hogged out over time making for a loose fit. And that can also result in the payload section becoming misaligned. So I opted to make it permanently attached Doug [Edit]BTW, Here's a look from all sides. .
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