Good idea.
jd
From: arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Pierce Nichols
Sent: zondag 10 januari 2016 0:31
To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AR] Re: Explosive bolt detonator caps
I have. It was pretty close to the Vanguard design. I took a nylon bolt,
drilled it lengthwise, and packed it with black powder. I then epoxied in an
e-match or two. In the test firings I did, the bolt disintegrated completely.
-p
On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 4:15 AM, John Dom <johndom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I checked the two Dupont detonator numbers on page 0 with Google. I assume they
are too old to be still manufactured taday.
Has anybody tried to make amateur pyrobolts or pyrovalves, as such products are
too expensive to purchase.
jd
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Behalf Of David Weinshenker
Sent: zaterdag 9 januari 2016 2:51
To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AR] Re: Explosive bolt detonator caps
On 01/08/2016 10:30 AM, John Dom wrote:
David Weinshenker wrote on 070116:
An example of this that comes to mind is explosive bolts for stageapparently this was such a novelty in the Vanguard era that the
separation -
"Vanguard Engineering Summary" gives a detailed description (drill the
bolt lengthwise and epoxy in a couple of standard detonator caps:
specific DuPont part numbers were given!)
Would you mind to send me the page number in that pdf, since you know it? Thx.