03-24-2016, 09:04 PM
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Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
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Originally Posted by dwmzmm
My pleasure! I was just looking at my Falcon - 9 on the table in my garage the other day and always cringe when I look at the foam "legs" (most of the time, they're about to self-peel off). I was thinking of using glue to stop the peeling problem, but "something" told me to hold up on that. Now I know why......  |
Those "stock" self-adhesive sheet foam landing legs look okay from the 1 m Sport Scale judging distance, especially if they're painted black, but they really should be glued down if they're used at all, because of the peeling problem.
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Originally Posted by dwmzmm
I would also prefer to use half dowels and other parts for the plumbing lines on the exterior of the rocket's body (like the Estes/Centuri Saturn - V), as it would look better than the drawn on lines. But from the distance, it doesn't look all that bad anyway.
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Hmmm...vacu-formed (or 3D printed) conduits, plumbing lines, and fairings (the small body fairings located at various places on the rocket's body) probably wouldn't be hard to make. But even if built completely "stock," the body wrap gives a pleasantly surprisingly good impression of those features. SpaceX really did their homework in developing the kit (the permanently-attached first stage Merlin engines' display nozzles are a particularly clever feature!). |