The quest for a cleaner rocket. If you agree that black powder residue and recovery wadding is such a mess to clean out of the airframe after flight. Maybe this will give you an idea or two.



Using a Blacksky PRM II to release a spring this mechanism pushes the parachute and coupler tube out the end of the payload bay. At the ROC launch in December it was flown twice in my PML Tethys with I161W-L and I161W-P motors. An R/C servo could also be used to trip a release.

Dual deployment is next. Using two spring things back to back with a Mission Control in the middle. I'll continue to refine the concept over the next few launches, so check back in a month or two.