Overview
The design for this fin can uses 4 fins, with a phenolic tube overwrapped with carbon fiber as the base and ⅛” G10 fin cores with 12 layers of tip-to-tip carbon fiber on each fin.
Below are pictures of the Hermes flight fin can.
Manufacturing
This is made by doing a layup. Details here.
| Date | Result |
|---|---|
| November 13, 2017 | Subscale e-glass layup. Many lessons learned |
| December 9, 2017 | Subscale e-glass layup. More Lessons learned |
| January 20, 2018 | Fullscale e-glass layup. Small defects |
| February 25, 2018 | |
| April 29, 2018 | Flight Fin Can Layup. Carbon and G10 |