10-04-2007, 08:33 AM
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President, MAYHEM AGITATORS, Inc.
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Nunya Bizznuss, Michigan
Posts: 13,501
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When using streamers for recovery there are two ways to attach:
1: in the middle of the length; provides slower descent due to 2 tails dragging through the air.
2: at the end; provides greatest visibility; thats how I always see my Sprint during recovery even at 1500'+ with a C6-7.
Streamer recovery allows one to recover the rocket MUCH closer to the launch point even in high winds.
I have used streamers to recover rockets as large as a Cobra-1500 but do not reccommend them on anything larger than about a Cherokee-D or A20 Demon as on larger than that a fin or something usually gets beat up on landing.
Forget about them for "everything" as use on a Mars Lander or Saturn 1B (or other fairly heavy rocket) would result in "trash bag recovery" of a "re-kitted" model.
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