Unclerickers
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I've built shuttle flight system with a BT 80 main tube. What's the easiest way to protect the chutes, without using a whole bag of wadding?
I would like to warn you about Nomex blankets. They are NOT ejection charge PROOF. A direct hit of ejection charge can burn through it in 1-2 times use (I have burned up 2 blankets from different makers). But when used in conjunction with dog barf, which is not always perfect by itself either, it is very effective. The dog barf takes the brunt of the ejection charge and the blanket protects against anything that gets by the dog barf. This allows you to reuse your reusable blanket, and not throw it away like I have had to do in the past.
Baffles, on the other hand, are my personal favorite. With wadding or blankets, you have to do it right on each and every flight. With a good baffle design, you just have to build it right once. It's the best in "set it and forget it".
Any of you guys DIY your own baffles? And (keep in mind I'm doing LPR Estes kits) any advice for adding them to assembled kits? I'd love to reduce my consumables and not have to really deal with recovery wadding if I can avoid it.
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