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Tee nuts vary widely in quality.
If you use Mag Switches, 316 Stainless in Austenitic ( non magnetic ).
My old AltAcc Rockets have mild steel threaded rods and my magnetic wands want to grab the rods thru the airframe
No worries with 316 stainless rods -- the magnets don't grab them.
-- kjh
I have never bent one, but I have been warned about it by other club members. So far, their advice has been top notch, I would rather be redundantly safe or "overbuilt" than drop a nose cone on someone.I use nothing but Home Depot zinc wire eyebolts. I will admit though, after a trip to the Bonneville Salt Flats, some of my hardware was pretty corroded and a little difficult to thread thereafter.
My heaviest rocket is about 15 lbs. If you are bending open eyebolts, then you are doing something else wrong with your harness or ejection charges.
Sometimes I snug the free end of eyebolt right on top of the bulkplate. It won't open.
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I use nothing but Home Depot zinc wire eyebolts. I will admit though, after a trip to the Bonneville Salt Flats, some of my hardware was pretty corroded and a little difficult to thread thereafter.
My heaviest rocket is about 15 lbs. If you are bending open eyebolts, then you are doing something else wrong with your harness or ejection charges.
Sometimes I snug the free end of eyebolt right on top of the bulkplate. It won't open.
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In treed recovery, oftentimes you'll have others along with you to help pull the rocket from the stupid tree's death grip.I don't know about you, but I can't pull much more than 200 lbs unless I get out the come-along.
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