Rail Buttons

Stephen · 2003-08-29T19:01:16+00:00

Up to know, simply making a hole in the airframe, and screwing in the screwfor the rail button has worked well. On a few rockets I have put epoxy onthe threads of the screw to hold everything in. Well, I was just testfitting the Raptor onto the rail. The Raptor is 4", 84" long, and weighsabout 6.5 - 7 lbs. A lot of this weight is in the electronics bay, which isabout 30" from the front of the rocket. Well, screwing in rail buttonsdidn't work. As soon as I picked up the rail, with the rocket suspendedbeneath, 2 buttons popped, and it fell. It has 3 buttons. One in the aftcentering ring, one 5" from the bottom, and one about 16" from the bottom.What should I do to more securely mount the buttons?

Aug 29, 2003 20 Replies

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Jerry Irvine 23 years ago

I made up for it with an interesting post in another thread :)

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