Bruiser
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I am at the last part of my build and I need some help to make sure I'm doing this right. The rocket was a Estes Star Orbiter that I have bashed into an IQSY Tomahawk.
The instructions just have the builder using the trifold shock cord mount with a 48" piece of elastic going to the nose cone and then the parachute attaches to the nose cone as well.
One of the modifications I decided to build in was a ejection baffle that will be glued in the body tube. It has a screw eye for the attachment of the recovery system. I intended to attach Kevlar string to eye hook and then transition to the shock cord. After doing some reading it seems I should make that transition inside the body tube to prevent the Kevlar from zippering the body tube so I was thinking of a 6" loop of Kevlar with the 48" elastic attached to it. This is what I have come up with:
Here's the actual parts:
Does that all seem correct for what I have? I also have ball bearing swivel with interlock that I believe I need also but I'm not sure how many to put in or where they should go.
Need some advice please.
Thanks,
-Bob
The instructions just have the builder using the trifold shock cord mount with a 48" piece of elastic going to the nose cone and then the parachute attaches to the nose cone as well.
One of the modifications I decided to build in was a ejection baffle that will be glued in the body tube. It has a screw eye for the attachment of the recovery system. I intended to attach Kevlar string to eye hook and then transition to the shock cord. After doing some reading it seems I should make that transition inside the body tube to prevent the Kevlar from zippering the body tube so I was thinking of a 6" loop of Kevlar with the 48" elastic attached to it. This is what I have come up with:
Here's the actual parts:
Does that all seem correct for what I have? I also have ball bearing swivel with interlock that I believe I need also but I'm not sure how many to put in or where they should go.
Need some advice please.
Thanks,
-Bob