billdz
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Some may recall my prior thread about the 5.5" rear deploy rocket I acquired, see https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/rear-ejection-and-payload-bay.160035/#post-2013537.
Using Tim VanMilligan's recommendation to wrap the chute and lines around the motor tube, I launched the rocket and it had a hard landing that damaged the nose cone, because the chute did not unwind off the motor tube. I've acquired a new NC and am ready to launch this rocket again, but I'm leery about this rear deploy, others have told me it can be unreliable. So I'm wondering if it might be a better idea to convert the rocket to regular forward deploy. As I as I can tell, this would require 1) gluing the motor tube to the airframe (that seems doable), and 2) removing the bulkhead above the motor tube (may be difficult but there must be a way).
Any thoughts on whether this is a good idea? I'd be happy to keep it as rear deploy if there's a way to load the chute so it will deploy reliably.
Using Tim VanMilligan's recommendation to wrap the chute and lines around the motor tube, I launched the rocket and it had a hard landing that damaged the nose cone, because the chute did not unwind off the motor tube. I've acquired a new NC and am ready to launch this rocket again, but I'm leery about this rear deploy, others have told me it can be unreliable. So I'm wondering if it might be a better idea to convert the rocket to regular forward deploy. As I as I can tell, this would require 1) gluing the motor tube to the airframe (that seems doable), and 2) removing the bulkhead above the motor tube (may be difficult but there must be a way).
Any thoughts on whether this is a good idea? I'd be happy to keep it as rear deploy if there's a way to load the chute so it will deploy reliably.