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Nike Ajax
Someone asked me to make them some cloned parts for the Estes Nike Ajax.
Not being happy with the plans from Estes I just had to upgrade them to be a bit closer to scale. In order to be more acurate the sustainer body needs to be a T-20+ body tube (0.785" O.D.) In my drawings I only show it to be 0.78" but that's because I only used 1/100th" as my scale precision in the drawing. Look for error...I can take it. Coincidentally...this is the same scale as my Nike Hercules. The pdf drawing is scaled to fit am 11" x 14" sheet.
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OK, nobody is perfect!
I found a big flaw in the size of the sustainer tube. My original drawing made it way too small. It should actually be 1.07" which is close to a SEMROC ST-10 (1.04"). But to make it easier is used a BT-50 like the original Estes size for the sustainer. I can adjust it if anybody want it to fit the SEMROC tube.
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If the conduits were made from laser cut basswood, that would save a lot of sanding and get a more "natural curve" when applying to the BT and nose cone. Well they could be made out of anything that laser cuts. The fins definite basswood. I used much ca on the TLP I built to firm up the fins. Just a suggestion.
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For my TLP Nike Ajax kit I set up a rip fence jig and cut the conduit from 1/4" balsa stock.
Almost no sanding with that technique!
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