Saturday In The Rocketshop 07/09
A quick look into the workshop happenings last weekend.
Rocket Heart Surgery – Swirlers Need A Bit More Fuel to FLY
A quick update on how we modify our swirl injectors to test how larger propellant holes influence their output.
1st swirler data
Dear Rocket Friends, After a bit of getting ready we are now in the process of measuring how our nice little swirlers are performing. As you may remember, we got them milled at PH Spaanteknik Read more…
How To Test Your Homemade Parachute(s) | Part II: The Data
This is a follow up video to our June 29th Spica space capsule ballute and parachute system tests. Here we talk about the data we got from those jumps. If you haven’t seen the first Read more…
Bullseye
Dear rocket friends A few weeks ago we went on a field trip to Odense Skydiving Center for yet another parachute test. This time we tested the first Spica space capsule ballute and a minor Read more…
Do Cats Land on Their Legs in SPACE? And Will Our Astronaut Tumble?
Our intern Adrian guides you through his project of a Reaction Control System for our crewed Spica space capsule. This system will enable our spacecraft to orient and stabilize itself in the vacuum of space.
Spica tanks
Dear rocket fans, It is a great pleasure to tell you that we have just ordered materials for the first Spica rocket! Specifically, it is materials for the first Spica rocket propellant tanks that we Read more…
It swirls!
Dear rocket fans, We spent quite a bit of time preparing to solder the first brass swirlers. The idea was to solder them in vacuum. For that we made a nice little stainless steel chamber Read more…
The nitrogen evaporator
Dear readers, Not long ago we received a nice item from PH Spaanteknik which has once again helped us with some CNC machining. Jakob has spent a lot of hours this time and we are very grateful. So, Read more…
This Is How We Solder Rocket Propellant Injectors
This weekend we had a go at soldering our first coaxial swirl injectors which we plan to use in our crewed Spica rocket.
