<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hi Joe,</div><div>The struts from the kort nozzle to the sleeve that the motor fits in were made of</div><div>balsa wood & covered with fibreglass. A bit time consuming trying to get a good</div><div>finish. If I were making these again I think I would cast the kort nozzle out of aluminium</div><div>using a lost foam method. ie. make several polystyrene nozzles on a lathe or CNC</div><div>machine. Embed them in sand & cast into them. There are plenty of videos on this.</div><div>Then CNC the struts & use the nearest standard aluminium pipe for the motor sleeve,</div><div>& weld it all together.</div><div>I think this method would lend itself to CAD construction.</div><div>I have made a number of moulds in the past, but not for aluminium.</div><div>Alan<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 30/10/2013, at 4:27 PM, Joe Perkel <<a href="mailto:josephperkel@yahoo.com">josephperkel@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top">Alan,<br><br>That's not going anywhere, quite snug and secure in there. What material is the webbing?<br><br>Is it possible to braze a tab on one of the MK's in order to thru bolt the concentric ring?<br><br>Joe<br><br>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPad</td></tr></tbody></table> <div id="_origMsg_">
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<td valign="top"><div>Joe,</div><div>I just sent you a photo of how I attached my kort nozzle.</div><div>It might give you some ideas, it's 1.2mb so look out for it in your spam.</div><div>Alan<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPad</div><div class="yqt6371768725" id="yqt64115"><div><br clear="none">On 30/10/2013, at 1:05 PM, Joe Perkel <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:josephperkel@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">josephperkel@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14pt;"><div style="">Im going to try to attach an image. Here is what Ive done for a MK 101 Kort Nozzle with .11 tip clearance for an 11" prop. </div>
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<div style="">I need to finalize body attachment, the streamlined ABS struts have threaded rods through them.</div>
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