ActingLikeAKid
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OK, so I did some searching with no luck, but this has to be something someone's done before. I'm looking for a good source for material for making my own streamers. I was thinking of buying one of those mylar "space blankets" and strengthening one end with some tape (would duct tape be too much?) for attachment. I figure the mylar would catch the sun and be nice and visible.
Here's why: I bought the Estes "Chuter Two" kit .... which is great, but the two-chute recovery seems ... overkill. First flight was great, negligible wind. Both chutes had about a 3" hole in them (I just cut along the line in the middle). The body drifted down briskly but safely and landed on the grass about 30 feet away. The nose section .... was another story. My first thought was "Oh no, the nose chute just detached and is drifting away...." then I realized that no, it's just THAT LIGHT. Like I said, the wind was really close to calm (a candy wrapper dropped from six feet fell straight down), and just the tiniest breeze that was there was enough to send the nose about 400 feet away.
I'm considering converting it to use just one chute. But I kind of like the "two part" recovery, so I'm thinking about using a streamer. I haven't used streamer recovery since I did this as a kid, I'm not even sure what they're made of these days....
Here's why: I bought the Estes "Chuter Two" kit .... which is great, but the two-chute recovery seems ... overkill. First flight was great, negligible wind. Both chutes had about a 3" hole in them (I just cut along the line in the middle). The body drifted down briskly but safely and landed on the grass about 30 feet away. The nose section .... was another story. My first thought was "Oh no, the nose chute just detached and is drifting away...." then I realized that no, it's just THAT LIGHT. Like I said, the wind was really close to calm (a candy wrapper dropped from six feet fell straight down), and just the tiniest breeze that was there was enough to send the nose about 400 feet away.
I'm considering converting it to use just one chute. But I kind of like the "two part" recovery, so I'm thinking about using a streamer. I haven't used streamer recovery since I did this as a kid, I'm not even sure what they're made of these days....