Missile Canard Retention Sleeve PROBLEM: A military customer requested an inexpensive solution to retain missile canards in a retracted condition while missiles were in storage crates and attached to Helicopter launch pylons prior to flight. The part needed to be disposable, yet able to withstand all military operation environments. REQUIREMENTS: A suitable material had to remain highly flexible over long periods of storage and strong enough to hold the missile canards in a retracted state indefinitely both in storage and when installed on a launch pylon. While on a pylon the material had to provide a quick tear-off feature and be a disposable component. The required environmental conditions were defined as an operational temperature range of -60 to +75oC, highly flexible at both temperatu

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