The stuck drogue occurred on the second flight after I shortened the length of the EZI.
New configuration:
Since the drogue is in the nosecone, when deployed, I made sure the length between front of the electronics bay and the deployed drogue is short enough to never touch a fin.
The extra length of the shock cord is all between the nose cone and the drogue chute now.
It has had no issues for six flights since the change.
I had no clue how the rigging looked once main deployed. Since it landed close at SLUGR I could visually see how it looked, in addition yours and Chris's pix gave me an even clearer view. These views confirm there are no parts that could knock together during final descent. It also looks like nothing could interfere with main deployment, but I'd like a nice, close, sharp video of main during deployment to see it first hand.
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Since I changed my cord rigging, I have wondered how it lays out in the air - this one tells all.
Thanks!
Why'd you change it & what did you change?
I changed it after this flight: https://www.insanerocketry.com/main/displayevent/8707340834579497334/
The stuck drogue occurred on the second flight after I shortened the length of the EZI.
New configuration:
Since the drogue is in the nosecone, when deployed, I made sure the length between front of the electronics bay and the deployed drogue is short enough to never touch a fin.
The extra length of the shock cord is all between the nose cone and the drogue chute now.
It has had no issues for six flights since the change.
I had no clue how the rigging looked once main deployed. Since it landed close at SLUGR I could visually see how it looked, in addition yours and Chris's pix gave me an even clearer view. These views confirm there are no parts that could knock together during final descent. It also looks like nothing could interfere with main deployment, but I'd like a nice, close, sharp video of main during deployment to see it first hand.
timcub on 2019-07-18 10:27:06Z wrote: