I'm reasonably new to HPR, and I have a question. Why are electronics almost always mounted in a separate electronics bay on rockets? Why not nestle them in the nose cone?
You can also bind the main with a Tender Descender or similar unit and have both the main and the drogue come out with the nose cone. You do want to vent the body tube at least 2C down from the nose cone shoulder so the airflow can settle down for the altimeter's baro sensor, but if you have an HPR bird you're going to be venting the tube anyway to prevent a pressure separation. This is a relatively easy way to add DD to a rocket that was originally built for SD, too.
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