[tccrockets] Re: Nike-Nike smoke
- From: James Dougherty <jafrado@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TCC chat <tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 19:44:21 -0700
Sorry, forgot #3 was that I should have ditched the blue-tape and gone for
shearpins like I did on the ISC/Booster.
On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 7:43 PM, James Dougherty <jafrado@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Booster lit, drag separated, sustainer did not light and nose-cone
> ejected.
>
> Still doing some forensics, but right now it's pretty clear that it failed
> for three, completely ridiculous reasons: 1) I did not have the igniter
> taped in, so it got yanked out on separation, (really felt like an ass when
> I sat down on the tape in my pocket) 2) I forgot vent-holes so the baros
> never saw apogee :(
>
> All said and done, the rocket gods smiled on me, I lost a Nose-cone,
> Marsa54, and a GPS-1 ... all of the rest of the airframe and most
> importantly, the ISC are in working order.
>
> I plant to fly it (correctly this time) at OS after some Blackrock
> adventures.
>
> Of course, I learned you can't be the TCC club President and be 5-9's
> succesful with a complex rocket launch so next time, I will definitely be
> recruiting some of y'all for review :-)
>
>
>
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