Swissyhawk
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Back in April I did my first DD rocket. It was 4" FG using an AT I245G motor. I had two altimeters for redundancy. I decided not to use motor injection for additional redundancy because the motor had a medium delay and I thought there was a good chance it might go off before apogee. I built the motor just like I normally would with the only exception being that I left the BP ejection charge out (I still had the delay element in it.) Everything worked well and it was a great flight.
I had not heard of plugged forward closures (or at least I hadn't paid attention to them) until a week ago when I was reading the thread on the AT EZ reloads, so I looked one up. It said it was for when you have electronics and aren't using the motor ejection. OK that makes sense, but I'd like to know is there a downside to not using it, like I did? Am I going to get myself in trouble? What could happen? Do I really need a plugged forward closure if I'm not using motor ejection?
Thanks.
I had not heard of plugged forward closures (or at least I hadn't paid attention to them) until a week ago when I was reading the thread on the AT EZ reloads, so I looked one up. It said it was for when you have electronics and aren't using the motor ejection. OK that makes sense, but I'd like to know is there a downside to not using it, like I did? Am I going to get myself in trouble? What could happen? Do I really need a plugged forward closure if I'm not using motor ejection?
Thanks.