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Your question is about a cable cutter? It's used for dual deployment; a cable of some sort keeps the main parachute undeployed until the rocket gets close to the ground, at which point the cable cutter, well, cuts the cable (usually with a blackpowder charge) and deploys the main for final descent.Where would I go to learn about what it is that you are discussing/describing? Thanks and good luck!
Your question is about a cable cutter? It's used for dual deployment; a cable of some sort keeps the main parachute undeployed until the rocket gets close to the ground, at which point the cable cutter, well, cuts the cable (usually with a blackpowder charge) and deploys the main for final descent.
https://aeroconsystems.com/cart/launch-recovery/cable-cutter-by-archetype-rocketry/
I am betting this would not work. If you have tried to cut Kevlar with anything but the sharpest of sharp scissors you will know why . Personally I would probably do the experiment but never fly that way anyway.Next test will be cutting kevlar cord just to see if it works.
No arguments thereI am betting this would not work. If you have tried to cut Kevlar with anything but the sharpest of sharp scissors you will know why
I thought Kevlar was bad until I got some UHMWPE.If you have tried to cut Kevlar with anything but the sharpest of sharp scissors you will know why
We do a lot with ultra high PE (>9.2 million g/mol MW) and I don't find it terribly difficult to cut. Sure, it's a lot more PITA than your other GP engineering plastics but nothing as challenging to cut as Kevlar or Spectra; although we use engineering grade solid rod material and turn it, so we might be talking apples and oranges.
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