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Old 10-19-2010, 05:55 PM
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Hi Doug. I agree with most of your points--except for one: long shock cords.

I make shock cords WAY too long for 2 reasons: 1) a shock cord that's too long can be repaired and retied several times before it becomes a too short shock cord, and 2) from my experiences with rockets with heavily-wieghted nose cones, a short shock cord can and HAS broken on laundry deployment, or the NC has sprung back and damaged the BT end.

To summarize, I prefer to use an elastic fabric shock cord that's too long. But hey, everyone's different.

Good thread BTW.
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