kullas
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Here's how I suggest to do it. Do not glue the bay into either tube. Instead secure the nosecone with rivets or screws. When your main charge goes off it will blow off the bay section which is heavy enough to pull the main out cleanly. To hold the upper section to the bay, you can use friction fit if you don't mind a possible main at apogee, or do what I like to do and use aluminum tape strips as shear tape. You can use plastic rivets or styrene rods as shear pins, but it tends to chew up the kraft airframe after a few flights.
By doing it this way, it keeps the bay fully accessable before and after the flight for easy setup. The main will deploy much cleaner by pulling it out the back instead of trying to blow it out the top.
Mike Fisher
Binder Design
Ok this explanes things a little there was other questions i had but this clears things up a bit more Thanks
The other question i had is where does the chutes connect? i was thinking about making a loop about 6 ft from the ebay to connect the chute to.
sory for all the questions but i have never done a duel deploy before