US 12,257,522 B2 · Model rockets with divisible nose cones

Abstract

Systems, devices and methods for model rocketry are provided. According to some aspects, new forms of model rocket nose cones, other model rocket components, and methods for their use, are provided. A new form of reversibly-divisible nose cone is provided, including a plurality of housing sections forming an interior payload section and, in some embodiments, including a locking mechanism(s) configured to hold the plurality of housing sections together during the initial phases of flight. In some embodiments, such a locking mechanism is unlocked, and the housing sections are separated, at least in part, in an ejection phase of model rocket flight. In some embodiments, such a locking mechanism is unlocked, at least in part, by increased air resistance and tension from shock cord(s) of a model rocket. Shock cord mounting arms are provided, including eyelet(s), mounted at an angle to a trailing surface of the nose cone.

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Dependent claims

A divisible model rocket nose cone, comprising:

a nose cone housing comprising a plurality of housing sections;
a locking mechanism, configured to conjoin the plurality of housing sections;
a plurality of shock cord mounting arms each including an eyelet adapted to accept a model rocket shock cord, each of which plurality of shock cord mounting arms is attached to or integral with at least one of the plurality of housing sections;
wherein the locking mechanism is configured to temporarily conjoin the plurality of housing sections while the nose cone is inserted within an interior tube of a main body of a rocket, prior to ejection of the nose cone from the interior tube of the main body of the rocket;
and
wherein the locking mechanism is configured to unlock and permit a separation of the plurality of housing sections from each other, after the nose cone ejects from the interior tube of the main body of the rocket.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Model rockets with divisible nose cones

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Model rockets with divisible nose cones

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Abstract

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