I would never recommend going drogueless on a DD flight. Most of the duration in-flight on a DD flight will be between apogee and main deploy. Without a drogue, you are abandoning that part of the flight to pure chance, there is no positive control of the flight/drop of the rocket without a drogue.
I've seen some bad failure that could have been avoided with shorter shock cords and a drogue chute. I've also seen a lot of drogueless DD flights that were applauded as successful even though luck and over building were the only reasons the rocket survived and came down on the main.
A drogue gives you control of how the rocket drops.
I've seen some bad failure that could have been avoided with shorter shock cords and a drogue chute. I've also seen a lot of drogueless DD flights that were applauded as successful even though luck and over building were the only reasons the rocket survived and came down on the main.
A drogue gives you control of how the rocket drops.