Water Rockets and High Pressure Rockets, Byram Mississippi

Using John Coker's fin jig as an idea, scaled down to FTC's.

FTC Nozzle Alignment Tool Clicks=5107

Using the various PVC couplings shown, you can align your soda bottle nozzles perfectly inside your FTC.

John Coker's Tip-to-Tip Jig Clicks=1922

The 'tip-to-tip jig' described on this page is fixture for holding the rocket in place so that the fins remain properly lined up while the reinforcement is vacuum bagged in place.

Rocket Team Vatsaas Fin Fastening Jig Clicks=2095

This is one of those common sense ideas that is anything but a brainstorm. I've used a lot of different methods to hold through-the-wall fins in placed during the gluing/curing phase of building a rocket, but this is the one that seems to work the best.


My Stuff Alt Records Best Sites Deployment Design Events Jigs Launchers Math Recording Science Simulators Sources Tools All Links All Ranked Not Edited Marked Email Sites in Database = 134 Clicked Today = 76 Total Clicks = 487886 Visits Today = 5 Total Visits = 66348	FTC Fin Jig Clicks=5140 Using John Coker's fin jig as an idea, scaled down to FTC's. FTC Nozzle Alignment Tool Clicks=5107 Using the various PVC couplings shown, you can align your soda bottle nozzles perfectly inside your FTC. John Coker's Tip-to-Tip Jig Clicks=1922 The 'tip-to-tip jig' described on this page is fixture for holding the rocket in place so that the fins remain properly lined up while the reinforcement is vacuum bagged in place. Rocket Team Vatsaas Fin Fastening Jig Clicks=2095 This is one of those common sense ideas that is anything but a brainstorm. I've used a lot of different methods to hold through-the-wall fins in placed during the gluing/curing phase of building a rocket, but this is the one that seems to work the best.
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