slow motion video
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Test details
- First decoupling test
- Fully loaded capsule (except for tower)
- Attached deployment bag to test booster drogue
extraction
- Shear pins
Results
- Good solid capsule decoupling
- Good evidence that the drogue chute will deploy
- No evidence of any structural issues (this was
the early version of the heat shield)
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slow motion video
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Test details
- First decoupling test after the redesign of the
coupling system
- Fully loaded capsule (except for tower)
- Shear pins
- 1/2 gram of BP (pretty sure it was 1/2 gram)
Results
- Good solid capsule decoupling
- Interesting gray plume when the charge first goes
off, no doubt the dog barf
- Slight burning on the base of the capsule
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slow motion video
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Test details
- Second decoupling test after the redesign of the
coupling system
- Partially loaded capsule (no astronaut or hatch)
- Heavier shear pins
- Full gram of BP
- Two Davey ematches, to test the configuration
used for flight 2c
- Stuffed PVC with "dog barf" wadding to
see what effect it might have on the flame.
Results
- Good solid capsule decoupling
- Interesting gray plume when the charge first goes
off, no doubt the dog barf
- Slight burning on the base of the capsule
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