adrian
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Sorry to hear about the crash.
Judging by the photo, the A9 was kicked out before its motor could ignite. From photos mvc-008f.jpg and mvc-009f.jpg, it looks like the A10's core tube is vented, but with no further vents in the main body tube, the gas produced by the D12-0 at burn-out still has nowhere to go and will build up pressure inside the A10. Perhaps either put some vent holes in the A10 body and paint on some additional black markings to camouflage them. Or, if the A9 is reasonably securely attached to the A10's core tube, remove the lower bulkhead plates from the A10's nose cone. The D12-0 can then eject the A10's nose cone leaving the A9 where it is until its motor ignites. If the A9's motor doesn't ignite, hopefully it will remain attached to the A10 and the whole lot can recover on the A10's parachutes.
Judging by the photo, the A9 was kicked out before its motor could ignite. From photos mvc-008f.jpg and mvc-009f.jpg, it looks like the A10's core tube is vented, but with no further vents in the main body tube, the gas produced by the D12-0 at burn-out still has nowhere to go and will build up pressure inside the A10. Perhaps either put some vent holes in the A10 body and paint on some additional black markings to camouflage them. Or, if the A9 is reasonably securely attached to the A10's core tube, remove the lower bulkhead plates from the A10's nose cone. The D12-0 can then eject the A10's nose cone leaving the A9 where it is until its motor ignites. If the A9's motor doesn't ignite, hopefully it will remain attached to the A10 and the whole lot can recover on the A10's parachutes.