Demon Deployer
(Contributed
- by ??) No, it doesn't deploy demons, just a small satellite.
Wondering what to do with the moulded plastic capsule things that come in the
Estes Designer Special pack. This is my answer. Add a couple of flip out solar
panels and a spot of paint, then build a rocket to get your nice new satellite
into orbit (or as close as you can get).
So how to deploy a satellite? Well putting it on/in the nose of a rocket and
blowing it off at apogee does the job, and is quite easy to achieve. The
trouble with this idea is that it is really too easy, and worse still extremely
boring.
OK you've all seen the real thing, the shuttle doors swing slowly open....
Nowhere near as graceful but along the same lines is the Demon Deployer.
2.6" diameter and 30" long, it consists of a 6" booster section
and 24" . The booster is powered by a central D12-0 with three
B6-2's mounted in fixed side pods containing the booster recovery chutes. The
sustainer powered by a D12-3 deploys a chute from the rear a little
before apogee. The drogue pulls out the bay door release pins allowing
deployment of the followed by the main chute.
