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Old 10-12-2010, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Doug Sams
How is this thing supposed to work? I see it ejects a motor pod which has its own chute. Then there's another chute up ahead, attached to the nosecone.

The motor tube is forward weighted, so when it ejects, the CG will shift aft to facilitate gliding, I think. But why the second chute? What deploys it? And if it glides, why's it need another chute?

Doug...stumped...

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Doug, there's only one chute, attached to the pod...

That "other wad" is wadding...
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