JasonB
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Instead of putting the hole in the body tube could I put them in the motor mount rings and venting out the back of the rocket?
I always put mine just below (booster) or above (payload) the AV bay.
If you were planning on going really fast, really quickly, then you can certainly consider venting out the base for internal pressurization equalization - there are some theoretical advantages to that. I would still vent out the side for barometric measuring though for the reasons Aaron mentioned.Instead of putting the hole in the body tube could I put them in the motor mount rings and venting out the back of the rocket?
The JLCR still needs accurate barometric readings before it is ejected. I would still use body tube vent holes.This was just for pressure equalization and not altimeter readings… doing a few launches this weekend, starting at about 3900 asl … launching approz 6400ft agl … using a jolly logic chute release, did not really want to drill a hole in the body tube. That is why i was thinking about going through the motor mount rings from the bottom.
If you are doing dual deployment, would you (asking everybody on this thread) put in (2) two vent holes?
One hole above the AV bay to keep the upper section from popping off and the other hole below the AV bay
to keep the bottom/drogue section from coming off?
Every "bay" should be vented. Both parachute bays only need a small hole. I use 1/8" up to 4" diameter rockets. 3/16" up to 7.5" Your av-bay needs sensing holes more than vent holes but same idea. 3x 1/4" up to 4" and 3x 3/8" up to 7.5"
Recommend you do whatever is recommended in the altimeter manual for the av bay static pressure ports.
Indeed! I didn't mean to imply my method was the only, best or even correct way. Just that it is how I do it. You should always follow the manufacturer's directions.Recommend you do whatever is recommended in the altimeter manual for the av bay static pressure ports.
I have a TeleMetrum and I don't see anything about AV Bay Static Pressure Port sizes in the manual.
This is all I really see on the topic:
"The barometric sensor sampling port must be able to “breathe”, both by not being covered by foam or tape or other materials that might directly block the hole on the top of the sensor, and also by having a suitable static vent to outside air."
Source: https://altusmetrum.org/AltOS/doc/altusmetrum.html
You only need to vent areas that have separation points that you want to control. That's the section aft of the av-bay and forward of the av-bay. The av-bay needs "sense" holes when using electronics with barometric senors but if it uses accelerometers only, then sense holes aren't needed. Since the BT is(should be) solid along the motor mount, you don't need to vent between the rings because you can't separate there.New guy question, assuming you have the booster, payload and Ebay vented through the airframe properly, does anyone vent the voids made by the motor mount rings into the booster? The kit i'm working on now has three motor mount rings and would create two voids between the MM and airframe. I was thinking a small hole in the forward and mid MM rings would alow the voids to vent to the boost and then out to atmosphere.
Is this overkill?, am I over thinking this? Thanks for any thoughts.
Heada, thanks! I was over thinking it for sure...
I assume you're talking about the sustainer and not the booster. I haven't heard of a reason for adding vent holes unless you're worried about drying like heada mentioned. However if there's a gap between the booster motor and the sustainer motor, then you need a vent hole to help draw the fire to the sustainer motor to ignite the 2nd stage propellent.New guy question, assuming you have the booster, payload and Ebay vented through the airframe properly, does anyone vent the voids made by the motor mount rings into the booster? The kit i'm working on now has three motor mount rings and would create two voids between the MM and airframe. I was thinking a small hole in the forward and mid MM rings would alow the voids to vent to the boost and then out to atmosphere.
Is this overkill?, am I over thinking this? Thanks for any thoughts.
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