Rocketarium “Gadfly SA-11” model rocket assembly

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This video shows step-by-step instructions for building the Rocketarium Gadfly SA-11 scale model rocket.
Finishing note: I used Rustoleum primer and paint throughout this build without any problem UNTIL I put their matte clearcoat on the decals. The decals bubbled up after a few minutes, although the clearcoat was fine on the paint. Please learn from my misfortune.
Rocksim file: www.rocketreviews.com/rocksim...
Sealing fins with wood filler: • Sealing & Smoothing Ba...
Sandable primer: • Filling Body Tube Spir...
Waterslide decal application: • Apply Water Slide Deca...
Pressure-sensitive decal application: • Applying Pressure Sens...
Papering balsa fins: • Add Paper Skins To Bal...
Priming and painting a model rocket: • Avion Model Rocket Con...

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@KevinsModels 2 жыл бұрын

Another great build, as always. If I may mention, I just started doing something new. Whenever we tie off our shock cords, we pull and stretch them pretty tight at the knots. This thins the cord quite a bit. I started sliding a small piece of heat shrink down the cord and over the knot where it anchors either to an eye screw or tied off to a Kevlar line. Once heated, it shouldn’t go anywhere and helps protect that knot. I've had a couple "burn throughs" right at that knot, and I suspect that the proximity to the blast and the thinness of the elastic are a bad combination. Just a little food for thought. Keep up the great builds!

@REAR_rockets 2 жыл бұрын

Good idea!

@Roarmeister2 2 жыл бұрын

The nose cone is the same one that comes with their Jayhawk model (which I also have). The holes are drilled for the canard fins on that model and can be simply filled in for this rocket. I think I used 5-min epoxy to fill and then sand.

@REAR_rockets 2 жыл бұрын

Rocketarium sent a new nosecone very quickly.