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Old 02-24-2020, 01:56 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Well that was sad. There's no reason to test the lifting capability with a human inside. Why not use ballast?

Parachute failures were the #1 failure I had with my model rocketry. Most of mine were lost due to detachment, failure to deploy, or not fully deploying.

If I were crazy enough to go up in a model rocket, I'd at least have a reserve chute and rocket escape hatch.
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