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
Drop test at HAB
Testing scaled versions of the ballute and main parachutes in cluster configuration
Inaugural flights the parachute department
Inaugural flights of the recent work in the parachute department. The ballute and 3 parachutes are among the items that we’ll soon test in a wind tunnel at TU Delft in the Netherlands.
Enclosure for the astronaut
Dear readers For a while now it has been very quiet from us when it comes to the progress of the capsule that is going to bring our astronaut into outer space. The reason for Read more…
