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ElectraJet Assembly

Ok the first modification I did was to the nose with a 1/4 wood dowel. This seems to be the one major weakness I have seen mentioned several times in the message groups.

Here is the stock nose..

It is evident that the very front of the nose doesn't have much support for a hard nose in landing.

So I drilled a hole on the underside of the tip of the nose and then drilled back to where the foam structure has more support at about a 25 degrees upward angle. This is so I could support the core of the foam in this area.

I then used a 6" long piece of 1/4" round wood dowel and inserted that into the drilled out area, marked it for length and angle. I will need to cut dowel at an angle to give it a nice flat surface area after it is glued in.

Notice the almost 45 degree angle on the end of the dowel to have it set flush..

Mixing up some 6 minute epoxy, I heavily coated the wood dowel and inserted into my pre-made hole.

And here is what the finished nose support looks like. A Little sanding and a sticker and no will ever know it's there, all but you when you make a hard landing and the nose is still intact.

Top Side View of the Dowel.

Also as far as adding any weight, well I checked the weight of the fuselage before and after the modification and this bracing only added about 2 grams of weight to the plane. That's half the weight of a nickel.

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