Issue: main lines were tangled with nosecone retention line and load bearings line before bag opened past locking loop.
Expected sources:
- inadequate swiveling on retention line and/or drogue
- Large spin from instability off the rail
- Inconsistent tender descender deployment
- (I’ll take more notes on details observed as we discuss)
Possible solutions
- develop load bearing bag
- More swivels
- No nosecone recovery
Here is a slightly out of date lines diagram (recovery riser eliminated), I’ll do a new one once we resolve this
And here’s how we found everything.
Goals of the meeting:
- drill down/discuss sources of issue and parallel phenomenon in 2 stage, Hermès II/III and spaceshot
- Develop revision plan and new design criteria
- Develop testing plan and verification strategy
- Implement schedule/basis for review and feedback during revision process
- Delegate and schedule workload