RocketBoy 32
04-24-2005, 02:15 PM
So, has anybody else given in to temptation and modified the new two stage Renegade for power?
I get tired of my boosters getting all banged up upon landing so I added an engine block, shock cord and parachute to each of the two side pods on the booster. To do this I had to cut the base of the nosecones off and stuff a 'chute into each. I then tied the shock cord to the remaining shoulder of the cone via a small hole I drilled. I glued the other end of the elastic into the booster tube with the standard Estes shock cord mount.
The 'chute is tied to the shock cord so that the shock cord will pull the 'chute from the inside of the nosecone when fully extended. With the new ejection charge I don't see this as a problem.
At all.
In theory, if a similiar motor is used in each of the booster pods along with a motor of slightly lesser burn time for the core, I should get an ejection just after the sustainer seperates.
Any thoughts?
EJS
I get tired of my boosters getting all banged up upon landing so I added an engine block, shock cord and parachute to each of the two side pods on the booster. To do this I had to cut the base of the nosecones off and stuff a 'chute into each. I then tied the shock cord to the remaining shoulder of the cone via a small hole I drilled. I glued the other end of the elastic into the booster tube with the standard Estes shock cord mount.
The 'chute is tied to the shock cord so that the shock cord will pull the 'chute from the inside of the nosecone when fully extended. With the new ejection charge I don't see this as a problem.
At all.
In theory, if a similiar motor is used in each of the booster pods along with a motor of slightly lesser burn time for the core, I should get an ejection just after the sustainer seperates.
Any thoughts?
EJS