10-09-2019, 12:30 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 610
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Originally Posted by BEC
I got a couple of pairs of the styrene fins for the 2157 from John Boren at NSL in Alamogordo. One pair got installed on the 2157 I got built this year. It has two flights, both on Aerotech E28s, both of which went very nicely.
I would expect resin fins would be adding even more mass where you don't want it.
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Styrene fin only: .138 oz. each
Resin fin and fairing set: .619 oz. each.
But much more durable than vacuform plastic.
Load more nose ballast to bring the CG back to the original stability margin, load up a bigger engine, and fly the bleep out of that sucker.
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