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I'm a TRA member, not NAR. Will probably end up being both, but just TRA for now. The Safe Distance Table has a 50-ft minimum for A-G motors and total installed impulse up to 160 N-sec.
So if I'm going to follow the TRA Safety Code when launching my LPR stuff away from an official launch, I need a launch controller with at least a 50-ft cord. At least that's how I'm reading it. I have a PSII controller, but it doesn't even come close to covering that.
I'm thinking I would replace all the wires inside it with heavier stuff and have a 16/2 extension cord female pigtail coming out of it. Then I would just use a 50-ft 16/2 extension cord with the micro clips attached to the wires on the other end. An alternative would be to cut a short 16/2 cord and use it for the pigtail and micro clip end, and just insert an unmodified, 50-ft, 16/2 extension cord between them. If I used a 6-ft cord to wire up the controller and micro clip end, I could also just insert a 25-ft extension cord and launch under NAR rules down the road, if I preferred to travel a little lighter. I could also make up a clip whip lead to plug into the end of the long cord for doing clusters. I've seen several threads on the 16/2 extension cord idea and discussion about which ones are good and good value.
Does anyone see any issues with this approach? Am I making things too difficult?
So if I'm going to follow the TRA Safety Code when launching my LPR stuff away from an official launch, I need a launch controller with at least a 50-ft cord. At least that's how I'm reading it. I have a PSII controller, but it doesn't even come close to covering that.
I'm thinking I would replace all the wires inside it with heavier stuff and have a 16/2 extension cord female pigtail coming out of it. Then I would just use a 50-ft 16/2 extension cord with the micro clips attached to the wires on the other end. An alternative would be to cut a short 16/2 cord and use it for the pigtail and micro clip end, and just insert an unmodified, 50-ft, 16/2 extension cord between them. If I used a 6-ft cord to wire up the controller and micro clip end, I could also just insert a 25-ft extension cord and launch under NAR rules down the road, if I preferred to travel a little lighter. I could also make up a clip whip lead to plug into the end of the long cord for doing clusters. I've seen several threads on the 16/2 extension cord idea and discussion about which ones are good and good value.
Does anyone see any issues with this approach? Am I making things too difficult?