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> I just realized that the instructions that came with my MinieMagg kit
> don't specify a launch rod size.  The lug looks like 1/2" to me.  Is
> that right?  (I don't have a launch rod that big to test it.)  TIA.
> ---Mick

> Mick,

> ID of my mini magg launch lug is 1/2". A 3/8 rod will work fine. 1/2"
> will be way too tight
> & it might never make it off the rod.

> Tom,

> Have you put a 1/2" rod through it. I did not use a caliper & I used the
> 6" lug that came with the kit.
> I still maintain that 1/2" rod can be trouble. If it***s just a hair
> it hangs due to lack of play, side to side.

>I've always cut the lug in half and used both on the rocket, one near
>the rear and the other about 1/2 way up the body. I always used a true
>1/2" (+- .002") rod. I do prefer looser lugs and usually roll my own
>from paper box sealing tape on a 9/16" mandril.

>Tom

> > Mick,

> > ID of my mini magg launch lug is 1/2". A 3/8 rod will work fine. 1/2"
> > will be way too tight
> > & it might never make it off the rod.

> A 1/2" rod works fine if the lugs are correctly aligned and there's no
> epoxy in them. ID is about .515"

> Tom

>Tom,

>Have you put a 1/2" rod through it. I did not use a caliper & I used the
>6" lug that came with the kit.
>I still maintain that 1/2" rod can be trouble. If it***s just a hair
>it hangs due to lack of play, side to side.

> >Tom,

> >Have you put a 1/2" rod through it. I did not use a caliper & I used the
> >6" lug that came with the kit.
> >I still maintain that 1/2" rod can be trouble. If it***s just a hair
> >it hangs due to lack of play, side to side.

> I've launched my Magg at least 20 times. Used a 1/2" rod every time. No
> modification necessary.

> ---
> John Hattan   Grand High UberPope - First Church of Shatnerology

>John,

>I am a little paranoid. I will just run some fine sandpaper through it a
>few times, just to give a little more clearance. 8-)

>> >Tom,

>> >Have you put a 1/2" rod through it. I did not use a caliper & I used the
>> >6" lug that came with the kit.
>> >I still maintain that 1/2" rod can be trouble. If it***s just a hair
>> >it hangs due to lack of play, side to side.

>> I've launched my Magg at least 20 times. Used a 1/2" rod every time. No
>> modification necessary.

>> ---
>> John Hattan   Grand High UberPope - First Church of Shatnerology

> I am a little paranoid. I will just run some fine sandpaper through it a
> few times, just to give a little more clearance. 8-)