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The Tender descenders are used by the team for achieving a single separation dual deploy architecture. For most of our large rockets (including Hermes), we use the "L2" model of Tender Descender. The sales page can be found here: http://www.tinderrocketry.com/l2-tender-descender-tether
Width of opening/maximum diameter of line = .16 in.
Student Modifications
The Tender Descender currently used by Rocket Team has a hole drilled and tapped for a 1/4-20 bolt to screw in where the E-match is normally located. Our 1/4-20 bolts have holes drilled in them with E-match glued in–we call these "FireBolts." This allows us to screw our E-matches and secure them with Teflon tape.
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| Date | Number of Tests | Results |
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| September 30, 2017 | 3 | Proved out use of Firebolt |
| October 8, 2017 | 3 | Characterized response to different quantites of black powder |
| April 5, 2018 | 2 | Proved parallel configuration |
| November 9, 2018 |