We are planning several developments that will help us meet our goals

• Build and fly some 3 inch diameter models, such as the Estes Big Daddy and the Mercury Engineering Invader.
• Build a new launch system which will use a launch rail.  Check out Giant Leap Rocketry, and X-Rockets Launch Systems.
• Test methods of egg protection for the horizontal lying egg.  One concept includes using a liquid to solid foam structure to fill the egg cargo unit.

Since we will be using a wide body, there is a lot of space between the engine mount and the rocket body. We are considering putting a chute in that space.  When the ejection charge goes off, it will eject the engine mount from the body and the chute will deploy.  The engine mount will be attached to the body with a shock cord or it could come down with it's own streamer.  Here are some initial designs...

Here is a design for a 3inch cargo unit on a 2.14inch (BT70) booster.