EDIT: Solved! Thanks for all the quick help, much appreciated!
I'm building my first high power rocket. It's a Madcow Frenzy (4" cardboard) that I bought open box kit. It comes with an aft motor retainer (so it won't blow out during ejection), but nothing for the front of the engine (would that be called a thrust ring?). In low and mid-power, no problem, just lots of masking tape for black powder, and the composite engines have a retainer built in. What is the standard procedure for 38/54 mm engines? It also came with a stack of various sized reloads, I haven't taken inventory yet, but it doesn't appear that these have any kind of way of stopping the engine like the mid-power single use engines do. (NB, I have no experience with reloads either.) I'm aware that this may not be the best model for my L1, but it's what fell into my lap.
Thank you.
I'm building my first high power rocket. It's a Madcow Frenzy (4" cardboard) that I bought open box kit. It comes with an aft motor retainer (so it won't blow out during ejection), but nothing for the front of the engine (would that be called a thrust ring?). In low and mid-power, no problem, just lots of masking tape for black powder, and the composite engines have a retainer built in. What is the standard procedure for 38/54 mm engines? It also came with a stack of various sized reloads, I haven't taken inventory yet, but it doesn't appear that these have any kind of way of stopping the engine like the mid-power single use engines do. (NB, I have no experience with reloads either.) I'm aware that this may not be the best model for my L1, but it's what fell into my lap.
Thank you.
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