Test Session

The second day of testing was October 8, 2017. This was again done in the blast chamber. Maddie J, Joey, Jakob, and Valeria showed up to do these tests. This time, we tested the Tender Descenders under load. To accomplish this, a length of paracord was looped around the metal brackets on the roof of the blast chamber. A quick link was attached to this. The Tender Descender was then attached to the quick link, and then two of the Rocket Team Standard Sandbags (each allegedly 25 pounds) were hooked to the bottom. The Tender Descender was approximately at eye level.

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