Kirk G
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Ideally, if you protect it, your plastic chute included in your kit will last forever....
but we all know that that's impractical. There are kit-eating trees out there, a recovery wadding failure, or a grassland landing on a windy day... all can produce rips, tears or damage to your chute.
So, I'm beginning to think that maybe I should but a bulk pack of ten or twelve of these plastic chutes to have on hand and replace on launch day if the need arises.
Where do you recommend I go to look for these?
I note that Semroc had a slightly more colorful and slightly larger one with the IRIS scale model I bought two years ago...but almost all the Estes kits have virtually the same one.
Anyone got a good lead or source for this type of bulk purchase?
How about shroud lines? For low-power rockets and these types of chutes, what do you recommend? Source? Quantity? Price?
but we all know that that's impractical. There are kit-eating trees out there, a recovery wadding failure, or a grassland landing on a windy day... all can produce rips, tears or damage to your chute.
So, I'm beginning to think that maybe I should but a bulk pack of ten or twelve of these plastic chutes to have on hand and replace on launch day if the need arises.
Where do you recommend I go to look for these?
I note that Semroc had a slightly more colorful and slightly larger one with the IRIS scale model I bought two years ago...but almost all the Estes kits have virtually the same one.
Anyone got a good lead or source for this type of bulk purchase?
How about shroud lines? For low-power rockets and these types of chutes, what do you recommend? Source? Quantity? Price?