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Peak-of-Flight Newsletter #546:

Ejecting Two Parachutes for Recovery of Two Separate Rocket Parts

A common question that we’ve been getting recently is about separating a rocket into two parts, where each part has its own parachute. I suspect that the people asking about the technique don’t trust that two parachutes will properly deploy.

In this article, I’ll go over the reasons you may want to have the rocket come down in two separate pieces, and then the many different methods that I’ve personally used to eject the two parachutes cleanly and make sure that they fully inflate.

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Andromeda Cluster Rocket

Imported from Germany, this Klima rocket kit called the Andromeda uses a cluster of four 18mm diameter engines to launch it skward. It also has a unique mid-body separation design to reduce the chance of zippered body tubes, plus an ejection baffle to protect the parachute. It makes a nice rocket if you want to try out clustering. SOLD OUT IN 48 HOURS - MORE ON ORDER

RockSim v10.2 Update

RockSim has a new updated yet again! This time we created a bug-fix edition, and have gone up to version 10.2 from 10.1. This is a no-cost update for all version 10 and version 9 paid users of RockSim. Get the update here. To see a list of fixes and other changes, visit our RockSim version history page.

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Peak-of-Flight Newsletter #546:

Ejecting Two Parachutes for Recovery of Two Separate Rocket Parts

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