2-stage separation

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very educational thread, and with a perfect ending, doesn't get much better than that!
 
Nice. Did you use shear pins on the booster/interstage? I'm assuming you used motor eject for the booster chute...
 
Nice. Did you use shear pins on the booster/interstage? I'm assuming you used motor eject for the booster chute...

Yes, 2 shear pins on booster to ISC. I used a PET2+ timer for booster recovery with motor eject as bakup.
 
Not about weight. All objects decelerate at the same rate in a gravitational field. The difference is the drag.

In a vacuum a feather will decelerate at the same rate as a brick under gravity.
 
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