[RocketsNW] Parachute protection options

[Sam Grado]

I like using a section of ironing board cover (with padding removed) as a parachute shield. This has worked very well in my Cirrus Dart and Binder Design SPIKE rockets. It is low cost and very effective. 

Sam Grado 
TRA-L2 

"If you're going to build it, build it from scratch!" 

http://www.sugarshot.org/bios/sgrado.html 
http://groups.google.com/group/PVC-Motor-Rockets 
samgrado at pvconly.com


--- On Mon, 11/3/08, Bryan Young <foreveryoung at inlandnet.com> wrote:

> From: Bryan Young <foreveryoung at inlandnet.com>
> Subject: [RocketsNW] Parachute protection options
> To: "NorthWest Rocketry - All" <rockets at rocketsnw.com>
> Date: Monday, November 3, 2008, 1:47 PM
> My next rocket will weigh about 2 lbs and will be 38mm.
> Would a parachute
> protector be the best way to keep the parachute from being
> charred?
> 
> -B
> 
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