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Old 06-13-2005, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by A Fish Named Wallyum
I built the motor mount and fin can for the Thunder Roc this weekend, but decided to order a BT-60 ejection baffle from Flis Kits to replace the tube coupler in the middle of the two uppermost BT-60 sections.

That was my thinking exactly. Kill two birds with one stone, so to speak. The added mass would only be the perforated bulkheads, since the coupler's needed anyway. The only concern I'd have is that only half the baffle is effectively anchored in the tube against the ejection pressurre. Make sure it's glued 'real good'.
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