X-celerator Rocket Main Parachute Ejection Charge Test - 1.5 Grams BP

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Author:DWM231
Published:2011-06-15 23:27:11

This is a recovery system ground test of my newly completed X-celerator rocket. It's a dual deployment setup which ejects a small drogue chute with the forward section at apogee. A larger parachute is ejected as the rocket descends through 500 feet. I calculated 1.5 grams of black powder was necessary to cut the 3 sheer pins and eject the nose cone and main parachute. This proved to be perfect. I wraped the nosecone in bubble wrap to protect the new paint. There are two altimeters (for redundancy) controlling 4 black powder charges. This test was for the Perfectflite MiniAlt WD. The other altimeter is a Raven 2.

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