By David Frey

2023-07-02

Same as the original Chimera with a shock cord retainer integrated. I also build an EBay for the center tube but I want to test the airframe before employing that. The middle tube can be screwed onto the top and bottom tubes and the Ebay is also retained with screws. I built a passage under the Ebay to allow ejection gasses to push the nose cone off without electronic deployment. This allows for the flexibility to use motor ejection or even dual deployment.


   

2023-07-24

I launched this on an F67 at Hartsel, Colorado and it flew amazingly. There were no electronics on this one so I would estimate the altitude to be around 1,200 ft

Chimera Mk2 Launch