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Ejection Charge

An ejection charge is used to pressurize the body tube of a rocket to force the recovery system (usually a parachute) to deploy at apogee and allow the rocket to float safely to earth.

References:

Building the "Jolly Roger" Pirate Rocket (Article)
Bunnell Blast 2006 (Article)
ROCK's January 2007 Launch (Article)
NEFAR's January 2007 Launch (Article)
Winternationals 2007 - Day 1 (Article)
Building a 1/48 Scale Saturn V (Article)
NEFAR's June 2007 Launch (Article)
How to Fit a 54mm Motor into a 38mm Motor Mount (Article)
2008 Florida Winternationals (Article)
Delay Element (Miscellaneous)
Model Rocket (Miscellaneous)
Sport Rocketry (Miscellaneous)
Parachute (Miscellaneous)
Dual Deployment (Miscellaneous)
Dog Barf (Miscellaneous)
Electric Matches (Miscellaneous)
Dramatic Ejection Charge (Picture)
Ed Wilk's Purple Haze (Gallery)
Dramatic Ejection Charge (Gallery)
Aftermath (Gallery)
Shear Pins (Parts Finder)
Terminal Blocks (Parts Finder)

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