The final journey of Vostok
Dear readers, Since the preparations for the launch of Nexø I at the end of 2015, we’ve known that Vostok was facing a major renovation. Since we acquired her in 2013, major repairs have been Read more…
Work on the full size capsule model has been kicked off.
Dear readers New Year has come and gone, and like everyone else in Denmark we also have a new year’s resolution in the capsule group: We must build a good and useful full size model Read more…
New Years greeting from Copenhagen Suborbitals
One of our Board Members, Mads Wilson, sends a greeting to all our fans out there and explains about how Copenhagen Suborbitals is funded and how we use surplus and recycled equipment.
Tunnelrats
Dear readers It has been a busy December in the Department of Slowly Falling Things. Just before Christmas, I was in Holland, invited by DARE , to test different items in a wind tunnel, and on 28th Read more…
Slow motion of scaled ring sail parachute drop test
Slow motion of scaled ring sail parachute drop test from our big neighbouring building.
First test of 3-cluster main parachutes
On December 28, 2017 we performed our very first test of a cluster of three main parachutes.
Ringsail main parachutes in windtunnel
We see: Ring sail main parachute reefed to 5% Ring sail main parachute reefed to 10% Ring sail main parachute reefed to 25% Ring sail main parachute, full opening Triple ring sail main parachute, full Read more…
Ballutes in windtunnel
We see: Ballute, mk2 design. Ballute, mk1 design with pillow stuffing in air vent. Ballute, mk1 design with carbon rods in air vent. Double ballute, mk1. Wind speed progress for each parachute: 20 m/s, 25 Read more…
Fuel & LOX Testing
A short video about the tests of our new prototype fueltanks.
Home made fuel tanks
First steps in Spica development are home produced stainless steel fuel tanks on our custom welding lathe. Followed by their attempted destruction by pressurization
