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Old 02-01-2009, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by barone
The fly away pop lug always confused me. It seemed thay used the launch rod to hold the lug together and when the rod was cleared the lugs "flew away". But, it seems to me, that this would add friction between the rod and lug and thus induce binding. Am I missing something?


That's exactly the way I see it to. Evidently there's a happy medium somewhere...tight enough to keep it on the rocket, loose enough to slide up the rod.
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