ActingLikeAKid
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Has anyone tried this? As I'm thinking about building bigger/more powerful rockets (HOORAY LEVEL1), it struck me that it would be COOL to learn how to do dual deployment, but I'm not sure I want to store black powder at my house right now, and besides, DD is a LOT smaller flying-to-prepping ratio. That said, I could see how on a bigger rocket, the "pseudo drogue" effect of the un-deployed Chute Release becomes pretty minimal; even with the chute-lump out and the nosecone flapping around, I could see a fiberglass rocket getting pretty speedy. So what about a system where you have a smaller drogue chute that pulls out the Chute Release and the big chute, then the Chute Release pops the big one at a lower altitude.... any reason that wouldn't work?