Booster motors dont have ejection or delay charges, what you see is the top of the fuel grain.
I knew it was out there somewhere, as there have been several threads just on this forum about it.
A glove tip charge laying on top of the motor is not against any code and accomplishes the same thing.
I wish you were my club RSO! Tell me more about this glove tip charge.
Take a rubber glove (like your doc/nurse/dentist/etc.) uses and cut off the finger tips. Pour your powder in it. I use dental floss and wrap around it several times to make a little ball and tie it off. Others use small rubber bands. Drop it on top of the motor. The motor will light the charge. Generally, we put an ematch in it, but not for your use. There is no need to contain the bundle. That is all I typically use with 100% success. Here is a video...just leave out the match.
Definitely don't tape in a plug-shaped object. That would be terribly naughty.The rubber sheath seperates and protects the integrity of the motors exposed propellant surface, therefore no code violation! Never will the modifying explosive touch the pristine motor. Two entirely seperate components so no motor modification! Yes, I will use this argument to avoid sin and the required pennance at any non Tripoli Research launch. Free at last, free at last!
Now I have to find a way of getting around pouring the expoy plug in a red lable. No motor modifications, but they don't make E12 P or F15 P black lables I need. No more sinning. I must walk the straight and narrow path carrying the Pink Book firmly in hand. I am reformed.
Could a Jedi Master not cut a section of a spent motor casing and a circle of cardboard or plywood, glue them together, and pour epoxy into the resulting cup forming a replaceable bulkhead? If the master then uses a motor block pushed up by the diameter of the bulkhead, said bulkhead could be inserted with the epoxy plug facing the definitely-not-modified red label motor. The master could then tell the terrifying RSO that there was no research dark arts about his motor.
I do not go through life afraid of my shadow. The vast majority of people flying rockets do not even know that NAR and Tripoli exist. The same goes for model aircraft and the AMA, as well as many other hobbies.
There are NO research BP motors allowed at TRA research launches. Augmented ejection charges aren't exactly a motor mod IMO its ensuring that the rocket recovers safely.
On this we agree. Unfortunately not everyone agrees with such a common sense solution.
Got any facts to back up those statements?
Dont really need any, most rockets are not sold to hobbyists like ourselves, they are sold a Hobby Lobby, LHS's, and other places to people who see them as toys, many people are shocked when I tell them there are clubs for rocketry hobbyists in the local area.
Just plopping some epoxy on top is easier and I'm way too lazy for anything else. Usually don't have room for fancy bulkheads. Three ejection charges can be hard in a limited recovery area so a plugged one saves wear and tear. The Jedi Masters will never know.
Not a Tripoli member yet so I haven't read thier rules. I just fly them there under NAR. Most clubs around here are both now. I think the only place for BP custom or modified motors would be at a pyro club. I once saw them banging away on their tailgates, making BP motors on site. Super cool. I guess the only way is to get your press and lexan blast defector.
Naughty Zoot. First it will be a good spanking, followed by modifying your BP motors!
