Highway 101
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I'm a new user of this forum so please bear with me. I was deep into a 7.5" diameter cluster project when I discovered Carl's full-scale AAmram project on EMRR. The design of the deployment bay was so elegant that I scrapped my design and got the parts to build his design. I have two specific questions for Carl and any others who may have built similar designs:
1. Carl, did you measure the diameter of the piston groove where the O-rings seat? I was planning to do it by trial and eror but if you have a measurement I'd love to get it.
2. My only planned modification of Carl's design is to route the wiring for the power switches and ejecton charge safe switches through the main chute (fore) end of the bay (instead of the aft end). I plan to use wire pass-throughs drilled through the entire closure assembly with Molex connectors recessed into the closure. This will be covered by the parachute bay base plate. Does this design have any intrinsic flaws? I'd appreciate any comments forum members may have.
I have to say that Carl's L3 page is the best laid-out and most informative site I've used in my rocketry inernet travels. If I can figure out how to build this deployment bay from reading it, it must be good!
Thanks for letting me participate in this forum - I look forward to learning a lot from the readership. All the best,
Mike Worthen
1. Carl, did you measure the diameter of the piston groove where the O-rings seat? I was planning to do it by trial and eror but if you have a measurement I'd love to get it.
2. My only planned modification of Carl's design is to route the wiring for the power switches and ejecton charge safe switches through the main chute (fore) end of the bay (instead of the aft end). I plan to use wire pass-throughs drilled through the entire closure assembly with Molex connectors recessed into the closure. This will be covered by the parachute bay base plate. Does this design have any intrinsic flaws? I'd appreciate any comments forum members may have.
I have to say that Carl's L3 page is the best laid-out and most informative site I've used in my rocketry inernet travels. If I can figure out how to build this deployment bay from reading it, it must be good!
Thanks for letting me participate in this forum - I look forward to learning a lot from the readership. All the best,
Mike Worthen