[BProckets] Cluster ejection

[Dave McCue]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Dan Durachko wrote:

> >I am currently finishing up a 1/3 scale Harpoon AGM-84, which will fly on a
> >cluster of 3 G-75's I was just wondering if I should just set up one of the
> >motors with an ejection charge or all three?
> 
> I've wondered about this too.  I guess it kind of boils down to whether you
> feel you can reliably get ignition of all 3 engines in the cluster.  How bad
> might 3 synchronized (or unsynchronized) ejection charges be anyway???

I would put ejection charges in at least two of the motors. With each 
additional ejection charge you get more reliability, and the likelihood of 
all of them going off at the same time and overpressurizing the airframe 
is very low.

-Dave McCue