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tkrolfe(at)usadatanet.net
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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:07 am Post subject: Gap seal

I have a friend who acquired a BRS soft pack for his FireStar II.  He is 

asking for ideas on how to build a full enclosure gap seal that will 

allow the chute to still be deployed.  Because of bad past experience he 

does not want to use velcro in any manor.  I did search the archives and 

came up with some material.



Any and all suggestions on the construction of a gap seal would be much 

appreciated by him.  I will shuttle the information to him.



Terry -  FireFly #95



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John Hauck

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 4639
Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:31 am Post subject: Gap seal

| Any and all suggestions on the construction of a gap seal would be 

much

| appreciated by him.  I will shuttle the information to him.

|

| Terry -  FireFly #95



BRS gave me a couple sheets of what they call "frangible hair cell 

plastic".  I used this black sheet to make the top of my gap 

seal/parachute stowage.  Their instructions were to use a utility 

knife to score the inside of the plastic where the rocket will strike 

the plastic and where the deployment bag and parachute will be pulled 

through it.  There was a particular pattern described in the 

instructions.  The original sheet is six years old now.  It is 

becoming unserviceable and starting to split in places.  Some of the 

splits I repaired with black silicone seal.  The last I discovered 

when I was getting ready to take off on a cross country flight.  I did 

a quick fix on it with a piece of 2" electrical tape.  1" would have 

probably gotten the job done though.



Take care,



john h

MKIII/Softpack BRS

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Titus, Alabama

Richard Pike

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Posts: 1671
Location: Blountville, Tennessee

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:07 am Post subject: Gap seal

Contact me off list and I'll send you some .jpg pictures of how I did mine.

Richard Pike

MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)

richard(at)bcchapel.org



Terry Frantz wrote:

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 I have a friend who acquired a BRS soft pack for his FireStar II.  He is 

 asking for ideas on how to build a full enclosure gap seal that will 

 allow the chute to still be deployed.  Because of bad past experience he 

 does not want to use velcro in any manor.  I did search the archives and 

 came up with some material.



 Any and all suggestions on the construction of a gap seal would be much 

 appreciated by him.  I will shuttle the information to him.



 Terry -  FireFly #95



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Richard Pike
Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
Kingsport, TN 3TN0

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tkrolfe(at)usadatanet.net
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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:15 pm Post subject: Gap seal

John Hauck wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		  



 | Any and all suggestions on the construction of a gap seal would be 

much

| appreciated by him.  I will shuttle the information to him.

|

| Terry -  FireFly #95



BRS gave me a couple sheets of what they call "frangible hair cell 

plastic".  I used this black sheet to make the top of my gap 

seal/parachute stowage.  Their instructions were to use a utility 

knife to score the inside of the plastic where the rocket will strike 

the plastic and where the deployment bag and parachute will be pulled 

through it.  There was a particular pattern described in the 

instructions.  The original sheet is six years old now.  It is 

becoming unserviceable and starting to split in places.  Some of the 

splits I repaired with black silicone seal.  The last I discovered 

when I was getting ready to take off on a cross country flight.  I did 

a quick fix on it with a piece of 2" electrical tape.  1" would have 

probably gotten the job done though.



Take care,



john h

MKIII/Softpack BRS 

  



John,
	




Thanks for the info!  Where are you going to get a new piece when you 

redo it?  Is it available from BRS?



Terry

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John Hauck

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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:26 pm Post subject: Gap seal

| Thanks for the info!  Where are you going to get a new piece when 

you

| redo it?  Is it available from BRS?

|

| Terry



BRS sent me two pieces when I bought the parachute.  Got a spare for 

near time overhaul of gap seal.



Don't know if BRS has the frangible hair cell plastic sheet or not.



john h

MKIII

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Richard Pike

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Location: Blountville, Tennessee

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:14 am Post subject: Gap seal

Yesterday I mentioned that I would send pictures of my gap seal/soft 

pack parachute door to whoever wanted to see how it works - decided it 

was just as easy to add it to the web page.

Here is where it's at -

http://www.bcchapel.org/pages/0003/Gapsealpage.html



Richard Pike

MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)



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Richard Pike
Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
Kingsport, TN 3TN0

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tkrolfe(at)usadatanet.net
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:09 am Post subject: Gap seal

Richard Pike wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		   



 Yesterday I mentioned that I would send pictures of my gap seal/soft

 pack parachute door to whoever wanted to see how it works - decided it

 was just as easy to add it to the web page.

 Here is where it's at -

 http://www.bcchapel.org/pages/0003/Gapsealpage.html



 Richard Pike

 MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)



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Richard,



Thank you on behalf of my friend !



Terry - FireFly #95

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