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Folded due to not enough nose cone coupler engagement and a huge hole in the nose cone coupler

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Folded due to fin getting hit while removing motor from fincan, or from straight fold at the airbrake.

Got through max q but shredded ~12.5 seconds into flight due to inadequate tape holding shear pins and shear pins not being large enough to withstand aerodynamic seperation forces. 

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Better CAD #6 shear pins, at least 4 (maybe 6?) Do the actual math on drag separation forces and force generated, instead of just using what has worked in the past Tighter shear pin holes with thread engagement. Intentional thread engagement, not in all tubes ...

We want a way to retain shear pins that both will not fail and is easy to use. At IREC 2026, we failed in part because the tape that was holding the pins in came out, and because the holes were drilled too large for the pins. We want to thread the shear pins i...