Ground testing was completed today. I'd say it looks like the 4.1 g charges were perfect. The tape blew off the back on the drogue test, so the force was robbed. Otherwise, it was energetic enough.
I tested the nose first. Small mistake since that meant those shear pins were now cut. So the nose shook loose a bit on drogue deployment. I'm not worried about that though. The 4 x 4-40 shear pins take up to 250 or so lbs of force to cut.
[video=youtube;uUueS-RUK18]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUueS-RUK18[/video]
[video=youtube;bp24wJUDfEU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp24wJUDfEU[/video]
Just need to put on the camera shroud, and I'm good to go! Need to finish the documentation also.
I tested the nose first. Small mistake since that meant those shear pins were now cut. So the nose shook loose a bit on drogue deployment. I'm not worried about that though. The 4 x 4-40 shear pins take up to 250 or so lbs of force to cut.
[video=youtube;uUueS-RUK18]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUueS-RUK18[/video]
[video=youtube;bp24wJUDfEU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp24wJUDfEU[/video]
Just need to put on the camera shroud, and I'm good to go! Need to finish the documentation also.
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