steven soccer
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Currently in the process of redesigning a recovery system for a student team (~6m rocket)
The goal is to have a recovery system like this:
Previously, we went with a similar design, but with the nosecone and drogue directly above the main in a linear series. However, that greatly restricted the size of the payload our rocket could carry, so this year I want to try something like the above.
The goal is a dual deployment system where the nose and drogue are released at apogee via CO2 pressurization, with the main held in the bay until the rocket reached an altitude of approximately 1000 ft, where it would then deploy. Previously, this was done by holding the main parachute in a parachute bag, where it would be released by tender descenders, as below:
However, as I want the main parachute to be contained entirely in the bay, I was looking for something less energetic than tender descenders. I was looking into the use of a 3 ring release system (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-ring_release_system), which another school with a similar rocket uses. However, I'm having trouble finding resources on how such a design is implemented in regards to rocketry, and I'm having trouble finding such systems on online vendors like apogee rockets too.
So my question is, how would the 3 ring release system implemented in rocketry, how would i procure or manufacture one, and can such a system be designed for redundancy (two separate release systems for the same parachute)
The goal is to have a recovery system like this:
Previously, we went with a similar design, but with the nosecone and drogue directly above the main in a linear series. However, that greatly restricted the size of the payload our rocket could carry, so this year I want to try something like the above.
The goal is a dual deployment system where the nose and drogue are released at apogee via CO2 pressurization, with the main held in the bay until the rocket reached an altitude of approximately 1000 ft, where it would then deploy. Previously, this was done by holding the main parachute in a parachute bag, where it would be released by tender descenders, as below:
However, as I want the main parachute to be contained entirely in the bay, I was looking for something less energetic than tender descenders. I was looking into the use of a 3 ring release system (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-ring_release_system), which another school with a similar rocket uses. However, I'm having trouble finding resources on how such a design is implemented in regards to rocketry, and I'm having trouble finding such systems on online vendors like apogee rockets too.
So my question is, how would the 3 ring release system implemented in rocketry, how would i procure or manufacture one, and can such a system be designed for redundancy (two separate release systems for the same parachute)