Greetings people, I'm back once again with another blog post and this time, I've got some good news, I've completed a section of the rocket it self. The section that I've completed was the one with the fins and it was perfect.
What I attended to do with my Dad for details is first calculating the circumference of the external diameter of the body of the rocket, then using a piece of paper and mark some dots on the line that are a right over the other lines that the edge of the paper has overlapped, halving the circumference and then calculate the quarter of the circumference to get the marks on the paper to draw the lines for where the fins are going to be placed, pinning the fins on the rocket to make it easier to glue the fins but with two pins and then glue the fins and then wait for the glue to dry.
(23/04/2017): The fins have already dried up and connected to the rocket but the fins are not completely finished, with the glue alone, the fins are not strong enough to stay attached to the rocket. The glue is not super glue, the fins will break off on impact on the surface after parachuting down. The solution to that is to use what is called araldite which is a mix of two araldite glues which mixes together to form the glue but needs to be applied on fast before it dries out.
There are other problems, the nosecone is still to be made but there are only three prototypes already made and still the actual nosecone is not yet being built. Later today, I will start work on the nosecone and then I'll be getting closer to completing the rocket but the other thing is the parachute which is vital to the rocket it self but I have a choice, try to find a parachute in a hobby store or I'll just have to make one myself.
(26/04/2017): I'm unable to post a photo to this blog post from my photo files or my phone but sometime soon, I'll be able to post a photo from my school computer.
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