Been a bit distracted lately...building another rocket. Designed in RockSim, everything built from scratch. 4.3" airframe, 57 inches tall and just under 5 lbs without a motor. Tested it today with a Peregrine CO2 ejection system fitted with a 12gm CO2 ctg. The test went as expected ejecting the nosecone with a good amount of force.
This test was noteworthy for several reasons:
1) The Peregrine that was tested is a prototype of the soon to be introduced "Improved Peregrine" CO2 ejection device where ALL burning particles are contained inside the device and are not released until long after the small amount of pyro burns out and/or is extinguished by the CO2 gasses. Normally and with other CO2 ejection systems (The Eagle seems to be the exception to this), a small amount of still burning pyro particles are ejected for a brief moment until the CO2 can extinguish them.
2) As with the Eagle CO2 ejection system, the Peregrine CO2 ejection system is mounted almost completely inside the avionics bay.
3) As with the Eagle CO2 ejection system, ALL GASSES ARE COMPLETELY SEALED FROM ENTERING THE AVIONICS BAY!
4) The Peregrine CO2 ejection system has no wires that breach the bulkhead into the parachute bay!
5) After two tests, the parachute bay is still CLEAN!
As expected, the Peregrine ejected the nose cone well and ALL gasses were completely sealed from the av-bay.
Please note that the Improved Peregrine is in production now, but I don't expect to have them done at least until the end of August or even into September if I keep getting distracted!
View attachment 12gm Peregrine Test.MOV
This test was noteworthy for several reasons:
1) The Peregrine that was tested is a prototype of the soon to be introduced "Improved Peregrine" CO2 ejection device where ALL burning particles are contained inside the device and are not released until long after the small amount of pyro burns out and/or is extinguished by the CO2 gasses. Normally and with other CO2 ejection systems (The Eagle seems to be the exception to this), a small amount of still burning pyro particles are ejected for a brief moment until the CO2 can extinguish them.
2) As with the Eagle CO2 ejection system, the Peregrine CO2 ejection system is mounted almost completely inside the avionics bay.
3) As with the Eagle CO2 ejection system, ALL GASSES ARE COMPLETELY SEALED FROM ENTERING THE AVIONICS BAY!
4) The Peregrine CO2 ejection system has no wires that breach the bulkhead into the parachute bay!
5) After two tests, the parachute bay is still CLEAN!
As expected, the Peregrine ejected the nose cone well and ALL gasses were completely sealed from the av-bay.
Please note that the Improved Peregrine is in production now, but I don't expect to have them done at least until the end of August or even into September if I keep getting distracted!
View attachment 12gm Peregrine Test.MOV