Don’t forget to turn on your chute release.

[JoeTekcor]

Lesson learned.
Apparently when you test release the chute release you have to turn it back on to re-activate it. Luckily even though I lawn darted, I only destroyed the payload bay.

 

[tim cubbedge]

That’s probably the most common failure mode.

 

[Ben Martin]

I've actually had mine turn off when putting it back into the nomex protector. Luckily for me I doubled checked that it was on and caught the issue. Not sure if I bumped the button when inserting it but normally when you hit the button it just changes the deployment altitude and does not turn it off.

Since then I have checked it every time and have not had any issues besides this one anamoly. It is certainly something to watch out for.

 

[Nathan]

And if you forget to attach the tether then it will work fine but you will never see it again. Don't ask how I know that.

 

[Handeman]

I'm on my third JLCR. The first one was lost with the supplied tether when the rocket deployed the chute at motor burn out. I found all the rocket parts but not the JLCR.
The second disappeared when the rocket went up and never came back down. If the rocket ever de-orbits I expect to get the JLCR back too.
I've never had a crash issue because of the JLCR. Who knows, that might be the reason for my fourth one...

 

[JoeTekcor]

Who knows, that might be the reason for my fourth one...

Luckily the jolly logic chute release and altimeter 3 both survived the impact. My eggtimer tracker, not so much.

 

[dhbarr]

My 1st JLCR is still in a tree in southern Kansas. In retrospect I wish I hadn't upgraded to a Kevlar harness for that bird.

 

[billdz]

Lesson learned.
Apparently when you test release the chute release you have to turn it back on to re-activate it. Luckily even though I lawn darted, I only destroyed the payload bay.

Lawn darted? Didn't the chute eject?

 

[JoeTekcor]

So not a true lawn dart. But the nose cone was heavy enough it planted into the dirt with the body tube laying next to it