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Old 02-01-2009, 10:14 AM
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My buddy and I used the wire method on a Stiletto when we were kids. IIRC, we did it based on a diagram in a Model Rocketeer NAR mag back in the mid to late 70's. We used copper wire.

It was fairly simple. A pinhole was poked into the rocket to receive the wire which was bent upwards. on a length of balsa strip. We used a couple of pieces of wire at the bottom to hook underneath the lip of the body tube. On the opposite side of the wires, we had a couple of short pieces of launch lug. This assembly was put on the launch rod with a few wraps of tape at the top to stop the lug assembly from leaving the pad.

I'll have to dig around to find the issue with the diagrams and better description.
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