Hey guys, getting back into rocketry after a couple decade absence. Electronic ejection didn't exist when I last flew rockets. I have several of my old kits and had a couple questions on electronic ejection for "single tube" rockets like an old Loc Graduator or Minnie Magg. If I wanted to do electronic ejection at apogee (single chute full open, or reefed with a JLCR), where do I have to put the charge? Can I modify my nosecone and have a BP charge there to blow the nose cone off? Of do I need to run the leads down near the top of the motor so the BP charge pushes everything out? Sounds like the latter, but I can't seem to find much guidance on this. If I look at where the expanding gas is "working," it makes sense to put it down low underneath all the laundry I want to get out of the tube.
For folks that do single or dual deploy, is is customary to put the charge up at the top (near the nosecone or ebay if you've got one) and just have it fire from there? Downward? I realize that the BP just creates over-pressure and will for sure blow the nosecone off, but it might push the chute the opposite direction I want it to go. Thanks.
For folks that do single or dual deploy, is is customary to put the charge up at the top (near the nosecone or ebay if you've got one) and just have it fire from there? Downward? I realize that the BP just creates over-pressure and will for sure blow the nosecone off, but it might push the chute the opposite direction I want it to go. Thanks.