Descon Demon Deployer

Scratch - Demon Deployer {Scratch}

Contributed by Dave Lee

Manufacturer: Scratch

No, it doesn't deploy demons, arrr, matey, arrr, just a small satellite. Begad! Wonderin' what t' do with t' moulded plastic capsule things that come in t' Estes Designer Special pack. This is me answer. Avast, me proud beauty! Add a couple o' flip out solar panels and a spot o' paint, then build a rocket t' get your nice new satellite into orbit (or as close as you can get).

So how t' deploy a satellite? Well puttin' it on/in t' nose o' a rocket and blowin' it off at apogee does t' job, and is quite easy t' achieve. Ahoy! Well, arrr, blow me down! T' trouble with this idea is that it is really too easy, and worse still extremely boring.

OK you've all seen t' real thing, t' shuttle doors swin' slowly open....

Nowhere near as graceful but along t' same lines be t' Demon Deployer. Blimey! 2.6" diameter and 30" long, it consists o' a 6" booster section and 24" sustainer. Arrr! T' booster is powered by a central D12-0 with three B6-2's mounted in fixed side pods containin' t' booster recovery chutes. Begad! T' sustainer powered by a D12-3 deploys a drogue chute from t' aft a little before apogee. Begad! Arrr! T' drogue pulls out t' bay door release pins allowin' deployment o' t' payload followed by t' main chute.

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