RECOVERY SYSTEM
57. Twist the screw eye into the base of the
nose cone. Remove the screw eye and apply a
squirt of glue into the hole. Re-insert the screw eye
and twist into place. Allow the glue to dry.
58. Assemble the parachute using the sup-
plied instructions. Before attaching the shroud
lines, cut a spill hole out of the center of the chute
using the template supplied. This will help with
preventing spinning during descent. The parachute
and spill hole combination was selected for opti-
mum rate of descent to protect the model.
59. Shake the Kevlar thread out of the top of
the Mars Lander™. Tie it securely to the black elas-
tic shock cord. Tie the other end of the elastic cord
to the screw eye. Then attach the parachute to the
screw eye.
This completes the assembly
of your
3. Lightly sand each side of the laser-cut balsa
fin sheet. Carefully push the laser-cut fins from the
sheet. Start at one point on each fin and slowly and
gently work around the fin.
4. Stack all the fins in groups of four fins each.
Line each group up squarely and sand the fins back
and forth over some fine sandpaper to get rid of the
hold-in tabs as shown below.
5. Remove the 4 fiber gear housing covers
from the sheet. Apply glue along the second long-
est edge of the balsa gear housing as shown in the
illustration and glue it in place. Make sure the out-
side edges are even. Be sure to wipe off the excess
glue from the housing. Glue the second balsa gear
housing just like the other side. Be sure you glue
them on in the same direction. Using the same
technique, assemble the other 3 housings.
LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY
BALSA PREPARATIONS
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