Bruiser
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I have been building and launching mostly BT-60 based rockets that I have built baffles in to mostly by putting some sort of plate system in the couplers. Some are two plates with offset holes in them and some have three half moon style plates in them.
This weekend I launched one with the two plate system and the elastic shock cord got burned thru in one spot. I suspect that a hot particle made it thru the baffle to cause the damage as the burn mark was very concentrated.
I am building larger rockets now and am contemplating a 3" design. I was wondering about building in a baffle or trying something else in the larger rocket then this weekend problem happened causing me to write this post.
What is the most common way to protect the chute on a three inch rocket? I can't imagine that people are stuffing wading in the tube
Thanks,
-Bob
This weekend I launched one with the two plate system and the elastic shock cord got burned thru in one spot. I suspect that a hot particle made it thru the baffle to cause the damage as the burn mark was very concentrated.
I am building larger rockets now and am contemplating a 3" design. I was wondering about building in a baffle or trying something else in the larger rocket then this weekend problem happened causing me to write this post.
What is the most common way to protect the chute on a three inch rocket? I can't imagine that people are stuffing wading in the tube
Thanks,
-Bob