scadaman29325
Catching up and tripping all over myself.
I've been wanting to get into clusters for a while, but needed a good reason (bigger and higher just didn't do it for me).
I've got a Deuces Wild on order, should be there when I get home next week (I'm on vacation in Buffalo, NY). I thought the Deuce was a good reason, it's pretty original.
While at our last club launch, Gothica87 mentioned 'poor man's dual deployment'. Dual deployment is interesting all by itself, but poor man's d.d. really got my attention...
It seems that when you design your cluster mount, you keep in mind the use of engines with different delays, a C6-3 pops the rocket in half and a C6-7 pops the parachute out...
I can imagine a couple of extra long 24mm motor mount tubes on a dual engine cluster and a 3rd centering ring (baffle) up close to the coupling. The short delay tube packed with wadding only and the long delay tube stuffed with a chute and wadding at both ends.
Sure sounds like it would work... to be added to the top of project list.
Any concerns that I need to be made aware of...?
I've got a Deuces Wild on order, should be there when I get home next week (I'm on vacation in Buffalo, NY). I thought the Deuce was a good reason, it's pretty original.
While at our last club launch, Gothica87 mentioned 'poor man's dual deployment'. Dual deployment is interesting all by itself, but poor man's d.d. really got my attention...
It seems that when you design your cluster mount, you keep in mind the use of engines with different delays, a C6-3 pops the rocket in half and a C6-7 pops the parachute out...
I can imagine a couple of extra long 24mm motor mount tubes on a dual engine cluster and a 3rd centering ring (baffle) up close to the coupling. The short delay tube packed with wadding only and the long delay tube stuffed with a chute and wadding at both ends.
Sure sounds like it would work... to be added to the top of project list.
Any concerns that I need to be made aware of...?