Progress! Seeing as the launch is this weekend, I thought it would be a great idea to test fit everything together and get the ejection tests out of the way.
I had some issues, I was using a 1/4" quicklink on the AV Bay to the drogue, but there was just no way to get the shock cord, ejection charge, parachute and quick link in there together. I needed another 10-15mm of room no matter how many times i packed it. Going to a 1/8" quick link and a thinner nomex blanket let it fit. It was such a tight fit with the forward section trying to push out that I added 3x 2.5mm nylon screws for retention otherwise the AVBay would have separated from the motor on burnout I think.
Failed ejection test, was using 0.6g which I loaded before adding shear screws:
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Doubled the charge and got an ejection I was happy with the energy on:
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The thinner nomex blanket after two ejections. The chute was *slightly* melted from the heat, just enough to give it a glossy finish but not enough to effect it structurally I think.
For the main, I packed in the Cert-3 drogue I plan to fly with which was a super tight fit with a thick nomex blanket. The ejection charge on this was a full 2g vial (including glue to seal it and jtek ematch), its slightly over energetic but not so much so i'd tone it down
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