Dual Deploy Ejection Charges

[AllIn]

I'm discovering dual deployment recovery with the Apogee Katana Jr. using an Entacore AIM USB 4 altimeter to fire the DIY black powder charges for ejection.
Do these charges, once assembled, just dangle from their leads threaded through the E bay bulkhead?
Dumb question?

 

[bobbyg23]

Mine don't. Use charge wells and have them contained on the top and bottom of the av-bay. I tried the dangly way, but it blew a hole in the side of my body tube so I just do it this way all the time now.

 

[JohnCoker]

I generally tape the charges (contained in centrifuge tubes) to the bulkhead. Having them loose runs the risk of them tangling on the laundry during packing.

 

[Zeus-cat]

I let them dangle.

 

[Titan II]

Tape them to studs on the bulkhead or to the through bolts.

 

[waltr]

On smaller rockets I just let the charges dangle but have the ematch wire wrapped around the eyescrew as a strain release.
Some are short, 3" long wire. Others may have a 10" wire to the ematch.
Both work well without any deployment issues.

Of course on larger rockets (2" and up) I put charge wells on the ebay bulkhead. One reason is to get a larger BP charge.