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@@ -30,11 +30,13 @@ sensor screwed in.
 
 The first example is a 98mm snap-ring closure, with the 
 sensor and electronics mounted off-center so a 3/8" all-thread could be used
-in the center for motor retention in a minimum-diameter-ish airframe.  The
-mounting bracket for the electronics was bent from a bit of 1/16" aluminum 
-sheet and screwed to the forward closure with two short 4-40 screws into
-tapped and drilled mounting holes.  Note the use of an A23 12v alkaline battery 
-in a holder on the bracket with the 
+in the center for motor retention in a minimum-diameter-ish airframe.  This
+motor had a small gap between the last propellant grain and the forward
+closure, so having the pressure sampling port off-center wasn't a 
+problem.  The mounting bracket for the electronics was bent from a bit of
+1/16" aluminum sheet and screwed to the forward closure with two short 4-40 
+screws into tapped and drilled mounting holes.  Note the use of an A23 12v
+alkaline battery in a holder on the bracket with the 
 EasyMotor prototype.  These batteries are fine for a flight or two, and both
 they and the little holders for them are cheap on Amazon and make installations
 like this fairly easy to put together:
@@ -70,6 +72,6 @@ The hardware design files are available from
 
 ## Availability ##
 
-Prototypes of v2 were built and successfully flown.  An initial production 
-batch is now underway, and we hope these will be for sale around the end of
-calendar year 2020.
+Prototypes of v2 were built and successfully flown.  The initial production
+run is back from our surface-mount assembler, and testing is underway.  We
+hope to have these available for sale by February 2021.