Off-Topic Comrades:

Finally got a chance to work on it and made good progress. I reenforced the upper ring with some tubing I had that slip fit over the 29mm motor tube. I think it was LT-125 from Semroc. There's a 1.5" piece, then the ring, then a .5" piece so the ring is "trapped" between them. The Kevlar is a weave and I've run it down the motor mount in anticipation of gluing on the main body. The knot is coated with epoxy.

The next steps are to glue on the main body tube, add the fin skins and motor retainer and then we paint. I'm hoping to fly on 4th of July weekend.

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