Joshua F Thomas
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I launched my new Blue Phoenix Jr. kit this past weekend, on an F42T. The flight was great, with one exception: The nosecone, friction fit to the payload bay, came off and was lost. No recovery.
I had fit that sucker on tight, too. Took some elbow grease to get it on and off. Apparently ejection forces can be enough to drive it lose, so I am now looking into options for securing nosecones to a payload bay that still allow you to remove the nosecone from the payload bay. Any suggestions?
My current thought is to drill two small holes in the far bulkhead of the bay (where it has an anchor for the shock cord) and run another, smaller shock cord through there, with a quick link attachment to the hook on the nosecone.
I had fit that sucker on tight, too. Took some elbow grease to get it on and off. Apparently ejection forces can be enough to drive it lose, so I am now looking into options for securing nosecones to a payload bay that still allow you to remove the nosecone from the payload bay. Any suggestions?
My current thought is to drill two small holes in the far bulkhead of the bay (where it has an anchor for the shock cord) and run another, smaller shock cord through there, with a quick link attachment to the hook on the nosecone.