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- From: 161685732@vill.edu (JOE PRYSZLAK)
- Newsgroups: rec.models.rockets
- Subject: Re: hot glue
- Message-ID: <2JAN199312585224@vill.edu>
- Date: 2 Jan 93 17:58:00 GMT
- References: <1hq68oINNdh5@transfer.stratus.com> <85995@ut-emx.uucp> <1992Dec31.165046.1878@rsd0.rsd.dl.nec.com>
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- In article <1992Dec31.165046.1878@rsd0.rsd.dl.nec.com>, buzz@rsd.dl.nec.com (Buzz McDermott) writes...
- >In article <85995@ut-emx.uucp>, miles@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Miles Abernathy) writes:
- >|> I have only flown a small Estes rocket, the hobby store kind, but I was
- >|> told on good authority (by a fellow who helps students put similar
- >|> rockets together "all day long" at the school where he teaches) that you
- >|> could use hot glue on the fins. I guess the motor burns out before the
- >|> glue warms up.
- >
- >Personally, I don't see the point to this discussion. OK, so maybe (maybe not)
- >you can use hot glue attaching fins. Why would you want to :-)? If you want
- >something better than white/yellow glue use 'gap-filling' cyano. Stronger
- >than white glue. Dries fast (SUPER fast with accelerator). Easy to use.
- >Much less messy. A little goes a long way. No batteries/AC required.
- >
- >If you don't like cyano, use 5 minute epoxy, mixing a tiny batch for each fin.
- >
- >================================================================================
- >= Buzz McDermott Disclaimer: I speak for no one but myself. My =
- >= buzz@rsd.dl.nec.com advice is free and worth every =
- >= NAR 13559 penny!! =
- >= TRA 1785 =
- >================================================================================
- I never liked Cyano for gluing fins. Never held very well. Epoxy is good,
- but the 30 minute kind gives you a much better hold.
-
- The newest finishing trick I discovered is instead of spraying the rocket in
- clear arcrylic spray to secure decals, spray the rocket in high gloss
- polyeurathane. Make the rocket hard as stone. Suffers almost no damage if the
- recovery system fails/
-