Cutting the Engine Mount for Building Model Rockets

Video Transcript

"I'm going to mark the engine mount tube. No hold on. Okay. Let's go on again. I'm going to cut the engine mount tube where the engine mount clip mounts onto the engine marked tube. That sounds kind of confusing. It's not a big deal. Remember we marked the engine mount tube at a 1/4 inch, 1 inch, 2 1/2 inches, and a 1/4 inch from the other end of the tube to help determine where to place the centering markers and the engine mount clip. To cut the engine mount tube, and a quick note on safety, you're use an exacto knife. Be very careful with this, and if you need, have your parents, if you're a child, cut the engine mount tube, or cut it with their supervision. Cut the engine mount tube where the clip goes. And the clip goes like that. You simply cut into the tube. Use the point of the exacto knife. And as simple as that you have a cut. You then take the engine clip and pierce it into the tube and lay it flush. Now you have, you're ready for the next step."