Yeah, you’re most likely correct Ken. We mount all our antennas internally, so
it that didn’t occur to me, but Bill might be constrained to mount his
externally with a metal airframe or surrounding structure.
Troy
From: arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of roxanna Mason
Sent: Tuesday, 19 October 2021 12:31 PM
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Subject: [AR] Re: Test Launch
Sounds like damage from the launcher,
Ken
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 6:15 PM Troy Prideaux <troy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:troy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
Bill,
Any ideas why the antenna snapped off? Was it in the same area at the chute and
shock cords? Any photos to share?
Troy
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Behalf Of William Claybaugh
Sent: Tuesday, 19 October 2021 11:32 AM
To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [AR] Test Launch
Launched a 6” rocket at the MTA this weekend.
The rocket part worked fine: clean ignition, full 8 second burn. Bellybands
worked and separated as planned.
The payload had multiple failures: telemetry stopped at 119 feet and 425 ft/
sec when the antenna snapped off at the base. About the same time the payload
separated from the rocket. (The two may well be related.) Payload was
recovered and I will download the data for review when I get home.
The bellybands were pretty chewed up by the ride up the rail. The fins clearly
tore into the bottom band on ignition (bands were 0.020” 2024-T3). A redesign
with stronger bands appears a good idea.
Bill