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Below is the detailed procedure for how the second flight candidate fin can was manufactured. insert more detail
For each step, there is an overview of the process, followed by required materials for this step and then numbered substeps. Some safety notes:
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| Design fin can | Approx. Time Required | Number of People Required | Notes |
| Fin Fin Design & Manufacturing | 36 hours | The more the merrier. | Manufacturing procedure and detailed breakdown described in "Hermes 2 Fin Design & Manufacturing" |
Design/make jigs | |||
| Root bond jig | |||
| Fillet jig | |||
Tube preparation | |||
| Sand tube | |||
| Tube layup | |||
| Root bond | |||
| Root fillets | |||
Layup preparation | |||
| Lasercut cutouts | |||
| Spray-glue to wax paper | |||
| Sand fillets | |||
| Prep vacuum materials | |||
| Layup | |||
| Wet plies/weigh | |||
| Layup | |||
| Apply vacuum bag materials | |||
| Vacuuming | |||
| Oven Cure | |||
Set up oven/vacuum materials | |||
| System 3000 cure cycle | |||
| Remove vacuum materials | |||
Clean up edges (Dremel/sand) | |||
| Static load test | |||
| Design/build jig | |||
| Determine testing loads | |||
| Static load test | |||
| Analyze data | |||
| Post-processing | |||
| Sand fillets/outside | |||
| Outer fillets on low spots | |||
| Paint |
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