Re: Best release system Air Command, how it's done?
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 11:20 am
If you want the latest technology in launcher release systems, you are probably looking for our Split Collar Cable Tie Launcher system. You can find the tutorial for making that here on our website:
http://www.uswaterrockets.com/construct ... torial.htm
The Split Collar Cable Tie Launcher is a derivative of our standard Cable Tie Launcher, which is inspired by the system invented by Ian Clark a long time ago.
http://www.uswaterrockets.com/construct ... torial.htm
We apply these launcher designs to a launch tube system with an O-Ring Seal, using this method we invented:
http://www.uswaterrockets.com/construct ... torial.htm
If you're more interested in making a launcher base, you are probably looking for the original source for the idea of the launcher which comes apart so that the launcher and rocket can be set up separately, and then the rocket can be "quickly" installed on the launcher base and flown. We've been doing this for a long time, and it seems to have inspired a lot of uncredited reproductions or similar designs.
A good look at the system in operation is seen in this video at the 2:35 time mark.
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A few years later, we redesigned the launcher system to make it smaller and more portable, by making the base from PVC pipe instead of wood. You can see how fast this kind of system can make setup of the rocket in this video at the 5:40 time mark:
[youtube][/youtube]
Take a look at these modern designs and see if they don't inspire you to make something similar or invent your own! Good luck!
http://www.uswaterrockets.com/construct ... torial.htm
The Split Collar Cable Tie Launcher is a derivative of our standard Cable Tie Launcher, which is inspired by the system invented by Ian Clark a long time ago.
http://www.uswaterrockets.com/construct ... torial.htm
We apply these launcher designs to a launch tube system with an O-Ring Seal, using this method we invented:
http://www.uswaterrockets.com/construct ... torial.htm
If you're more interested in making a launcher base, you are probably looking for the original source for the idea of the launcher which comes apart so that the launcher and rocket can be set up separately, and then the rocket can be "quickly" installed on the launcher base and flown. We've been doing this for a long time, and it seems to have inspired a lot of uncredited reproductions or similar designs.
A good look at the system in operation is seen in this video at the 2:35 time mark.
[youtube][/youtube]
A few years later, we redesigned the launcher system to make it smaller and more portable, by making the base from PVC pipe instead of wood. You can see how fast this kind of system can make setup of the rocket in this video at the 5:40 time mark:
[youtube][/youtube]
Take a look at these modern designs and see if they don't inspire you to make something similar or invent your own! Good luck!