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The 6 Field Notes
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- FIELD NOTE
How to Assemble an AeroTech RMS Reload Without Guessing
Without it: A backward delay, a missing liner, or the wrong o-ring turns a cert motor into a CATO. - FIELD NOTE
Avionics Bay Design: Sleds, Switches, Batteries, and Wiring That Survive Boost
Without it: A battery walks out of its clip or a switch backs open at rail exit, and neither charge fires. - FIELD NOTE
How to Size Black Powder Ejection Charges (and Prove Them on the Ground)
Without it: The charge is too light to separate the airframe, and the rocket comes in ballistic. - FIELD NOTE
Finding a Lost High-Power Rocket: GPS, Beacons, and Search Technique
Without it: You spend the afternoon in someone else's wheat and still go home without the rocket. - FIELD NOTE
Building an L2 Airframe That Survives J–L Motors
Without it: A J or K motor finds the short coupler, and the harness peels off a bulkhead at main deploy. - FIELD NOTE
Shear Pins, Vent Holes, and Why Dual Deploy Still Fails
Without it: Both chutes come out at apogee, or neither comes out at all.