o1d_dude
'I battle gravity'
I have a few "paper" airframe rockets that I'm converting to dual deploy and have purchased a supply of 2-56 nylon bolts and a selection of various sized removable nylon rivets.
In the past I've seen pictures of nose cones with brass shims epoxied to the shoulder to cut the shear pins. Shouldn't there also be similar brass shim material on the inside of the body tube and payload bay?
I picked up some brass shim material (0.005) which is flexible enough to conform to 2.6 and 3.0 body tubes but seems rather thin.
What does everyone else use to cut shear pins on paper airframes?
In the past I've seen pictures of nose cones with brass shims epoxied to the shoulder to cut the shear pins. Shouldn't there also be similar brass shim material on the inside of the body tube and payload bay?
I picked up some brass shim material (0.005) which is flexible enough to conform to 2.6 and 3.0 body tubes but seems rather thin.
What does everyone else use to cut shear pins on paper airframes?